Barren Cross - New Website in the works

http://barrencrossband.com/

Still under construction so the only section that's open for business at the moment is the forum, which looks like it's only been up and running for a couple of weeks. Stop by and say "hi" if you're so inclined... I did.

I'll be there when they say "new album in the works".

as long as that new album is closer to atomic arena than rattle your cage...

Alex

True dat exact. Rattle had about 4 good songs.

emptytomb1 wrote:

True dat exact. Rattle had about 4 good songs.

The ideal to even do that recording was last minute and they didn't go over the songs as a band like they had done prior. Steve and Jim were recording with Don and Dave from Neon Cross on the songs that appear on Rugged Records "Premium Cuts" compilation.
They went into the studio to record "Rattle" with borrowed equipment and mostly unfinished ideals. If you were to get together with some old friends that you hadn't played with in 3 or 4 yeaars and one guy showed you a song or two and so did another one and somebody from over here goes...."hey lets go in the studio" and "I'll put it out on my new label" Well you'd end up with "Rattle Your Cage"

Rattle Your Cage is a great album, maybe not on par with the 80's BC but great none the less. I would love to hear RYC part 2 any day.

stepcousin wrote:

Rattle Your Cage is a great album, maybe not on par with the 80's BC but great none the less. I would love to hear RYC part 2 any day.

I agree. I think Rattle Your Cage was an outstanding disc. I have a feeling that anything they put out is gonna be just fine with me.

If its RYC part 2 I wont buy it.... no sense in making the 'comeback' to put out fair at best material...

Alex

Got this email today.

Quote :

Hi there!

This is Michael Drive; you would know me
as Mike Lee, singer for
Barren Cross. Thanks to Greg Hays (GirderMusic.com) for allowing me to
share this with you.
Please forgive the impersonal nature of an email; I wish I could just
speak to
you instead, but email is helpful none-the-less in sharing with many of
you at
the same time.

There are a few important reasons why I am writing
to you…

This is exciting!

First and foremost; I am happy to announce: BARREN
CROSS is
officially, 100% BACK!

There has been great healing done in the band, and
we are
being raised up to an entirely new level. We are back in form and are
out there
performing again! IN FACT… there are 72 great NEW LIVE Barren Cross
photos up if
you want to see them, located on the Barren Cross Myspace page: www.myspace.com/barrencross


I have a website with some great stuff on it if
you want to
see it: www.michaeldrive.com
and also,
Barren Cross has a new website that is well under construction (thanks
to Greg
Hays). It looks great already; check this out: www.barrencross.net

By the way, for those interested in a Barren Cross
LIVE SHOW,
please contact our booking agent: Jeff McLain:
jeff@northcoastagency.com tel: 717-391-0949.

Your letters have not gone unnoticed.
So now, I am very happy to formerly make this
announcement:

Barren Cross is not just “talking” about it, but
we have now,
as of this last week, officially decided to record a brand new full
length album!
Inspiration like never before has already begun; we have already
started
writing for it! As a writer and the lead singer since our inception in
1983, I
can feel it already; this is going to be, by far, the best Barren Cross
album
ever put out. I would like to add that the table is now open for any
offers
from producers and studios who would like to be involved with us. This
is going
to be greater than anything we have ever done. Contact
info is at the bottom of this email.

And concerning Barren Cross; if you want to catch
up on 2 of
the most popular and influential albums that we have released; “Atomic
Arena”
and “State Of Control”,
I know that Greg Hays at www.girdermusic.com
has them available to purchase right now. Replace that scratched up CD
that
keeps skipping on track 7 :-)

Now, this is where most of you come in: It is very
possible
that I will be embarking on a 2 month “solo-unplugged” tour of the United States
either this fall or winter. Right now is a period of time when the
venues have
the opportunity to get an “MD” show booked, and following this period,
when
there are enough venues booked, we will be contacting all of them to
schedule
the dates. This is where you come in: I’m asking you to contact whoever
you
know that might be interested in having me perform, whether it’s your
church,
club, or other. If you want to help with this, please contact “KJ” who
is
specifically handling this tour:

northsouthbooking@cox.net tel:
479-236-8916.


In case you don’t know, in the Modern Rock genre,
I have
been doing solo albums and performances, both solo-unplugged, OR with a
band:
mostly in Europe in the recent years, as I was based in Paris, France;
but also
in the U.S., where I am now based, in Hollywood, CA; the land of my
childhood. For
those of you who are interested, my albums/videos can be seen, heard,
and obtained
here: www.michaeldrive.com.
For those
on Myspace, please come see me at www.myspace.com/michaeldrive1.


Once again, to visit Barren Cross; hear
some songs, get a
t-shirt, or whatever; you can find us here: www.myspace.com/barrencross
and
as I said earlier, when construction is finished, the beautiful brand
new www.barrencross.net will
be available
for you with lots of great stuff.

Now, on a spiritual note:

For those of you who don’t know, on June 26, 2006, I
had a very powerful
encounter with God, and a radical transformation that followed. It’s
the most
incredible thing that ever happened to me. If you would like to read
about
this, you can find it here: http://www.michaeldrive.com/en/spiritual.shtml


I hope that I will have the opportunity to meet
many of you.
Please drop me a line with any questions or comments you may have. My
email
address is md@michaeldrive.com


May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Michael
Drive

Way cool news Dredd!! I am stoked to hear that BC is gonna record some new stuff!!

By the way, the website I mentioned in my first post ( www.barrencrossband.com ) is still listed on their MySpace, but the one in "Michael Drive's" e-mail to Dredd ( www.barrencross.net ) is much more "finished" looking and much cooler. So which of the two is the band's "official" site?

i dont know but the association with girder makes me wonder how much is going to come out of this 'reunion'.

Alex

I want so have some old shirts from Barren Cross. That band rules

exact33, I like your signature picture. It's funny.

why thanks! I didnt design it but it is cool!

Alex

Tall Tyrion wrote:

stepcousin wrote:

Rattle Your Cage is a great album, maybe not on par with the 80's BC but great none the less. I would love to hear RYC part 2 any day.

I agree. I think Rattle Your Cage was an outstanding disc. I have a feeling that anything they put out is gonna be just fine with me.

I too like that album (although truth be told, I'm not that familiar with their other work). The new issue of Heaven's Metal featured them on the cover and has an interview with them about the upcomming album and tour. I hope with this reunion some of their old albums are either re-issued or made more easily availiable.

Click the website link, then click the Forums link, then click the top forum, then laugh hysterically at how they are obviously not paying attention to anything on their own site...

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Click the website link, then click the Forums link, then click the top forum, then laugh hysterically at how they are obviously not paying attention to anything on their own site...

Oh MY! None of that stuff was there when I first posted that link!!

For quite some time now, apparently.

"People be experiencing also been forcibly tattooed for a num" is a particuarly fascinating post.

I emailed them about it.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

I emailed them about it.

Where's the fun in that?

I just ordered a penispump from their forum. Good price.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

I emailed them about it.

If they're not paying attention to their forum, I bet they're probably not reading e-mails either.