Verra Cruz

Verra Cruz

Kerrang!
"...damn if their choruses dont work under your skin. This is a solid hard rockin' (important to drop that g) collection."

Classic Rock
"This is modern, meaningful rock music, with stadium-sized riffs and serious messages."

Metal Hammer
"Emancipation Day is a fully formed rock opus: 44 minutes of great hard rock songs fired into consciousness. There is definitely something satisfying and filling about Emancipation Day, like suet pudding."

Rocksomething.com
"What on earth is happening? For months and months we sat around this office bemoaning the low standards of new British rock bands and how we had to rely on the old boys to keep the Union Jack aloft? And all of a sudden loads of good'uns start to appear! The Answer, Roadstar, Glyder and now Verra Cruz are just a handful of names that the early summer months have offered the rock hungry Brit and it's about time too.

Sounding a little like Pearl Jam and a bit more like Audioslave, Verra Cruz are one to look out for."

Verra Cruz

Greenbelt Festival Live
"Those who made it to Greenbelt this year may well have caught Verra Cruz playing live, though you might have missed them since they were relegated to stage 2 and not the main stage, which is surely their natural home. This is the band for whom the phrase 'proper rock' was invented. Imagine The Mars Volta, but less self indulgent and more focussed. This, their debut album, is such an assault of sound it's hard to believe they're just a three piece. Marc James plays guitar and lapsteel with a blistering intensity, with aerial drumming and unshakable bass from Jimmy Cooke and Nick Bright being more than a match, while Marc James' vocals remind you of Lemmy from Motorhead. The sound is very American blues rock, so it's surprising to discover they come from St.Albans. Themes of struggle and redemption are mixed with political lyrics and a strong anti-war message. Producer Paul Burton has wisely decided to capture their live sound with the minimum of fuss, and the overall effect is of a firestorm of protest and an aching soul. Catch this band before they go global."

Links

Official Verra Cruz website
Verra Cruz Myspace