Iron Cross formed in 1980, when Dante Ferrando met Sab Grey . Ferrando was previously in the band Broken Cross with Mark Haggerty. When Grey and Ferrando decided to start a new band, Grey suggested the name Iron Cross. The first lineup consisted of Grey on lead vocals, Haggerty on guitar, Ferrando on drums and John Falls on bass guitar. This lineup lasted a very short time, with Falls leaving after Iron Cross’s early show at American University . After Falls’ departure, the band went through two more bassists before settling on Wendel Blow, the former bassist for the D.C. hardcore punk band State of Alert . The only non-skinhead in the band was Ferrando, who maintained a spiky punk hairstyle. The band’s fourth lineup lasted until just after the recording of their first EP, Skinhead Glory . That EP features their signature song “Crucified”, which was later covered by many Oi! and hardcore bands.
formed in 1980
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