{"id":19446,"date":"2023-04-19T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=19446"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:01:00","slug":"cruzados-announce-european-tour-and-the-release-of-a-new-ep-land-of-the-endless-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/cruzados-announce-european-tour-and-the-release-of-a-new-ep-land-of-the-endless-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"CRUZADOS Announce European Tour and the Release of a New EP &#8220;Land Of The Endless Sun&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cruzados European tour kicks off this Spring, April 27th through May 27th of 2023 with stops in Spain, France, Belgium, and Germany. Also coming this Spring 2023, you can expect an all new 6-song EP entitled &#8220;Land of the Endless Sun&#8221; produced by Bruce Witkin, as well as a collection of live music recorded in Europe from the band&#8217;s 2022 tour. &#8220;Live from Marseille&#8221; is a full-length live album that contains performances of\u00a0Cruzados band classics and some new tunes from 2022-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Land Of The Endless Sun\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgzDFGiXFXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the CRUZADOS EP &#8220;Land of the Endless Sun&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4xMLQiu8j4E2UG76bjvmCs\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4xMLQiu8j4E2UG76bjvmCs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Recording our new 6 song EP \u201cLand of the Endless Sun\u201d brought me back to our early days in the Cruzados. The guitar sounds we got thanks to Loren Molinare and Mark Tremalgia are tough as nails and set the mode for the entire EP. Ron Young belts out even stronger on this collection and the songs cover a wide range of Classic Cruzados styles from the desert sound to 60s garage, all rounded out with a backbeat by drummer Rob Klonel that propels each track\u201d. &#8211; Tony Marsico co-founder\/ bassist -The Cruzados<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was a fun group of songs to record. It highlights so many of the band\u2019s influences that we love to weave into our set. It keeps the Cruzados legacy going. Getting to work with our favorite Producer, Bruce Witkin again was also a blast as he makes us so comfortable all through the tracking that it makes the music flow out of us and he gets great performances from each of us.\u201d\u2026\u2026Ron Young- Lead Singer\/Cruzados<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2022 Cruzados record &#8220;She&#8217;s Automatic&#8221; features 11 songs written or co-written by Tony Marsico, the bassist and co-writer for the Cruzados and a member of the band\u2019s punk-era precursor the Plugz. This album was issued on Deko Entertainment January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven&#8217;t collected &#8220;She&#8217;s Automatic&#8221; yet, hurry while the vinyl supply lasts! This is a live, hot, no-nonsense collection of hard-hitting rockers on which Marsico is joined by the members of his \u201880s L.A. contemporaries Little Caesar. The set\u2019s glittering group of guest musicians includes a host of noted L.A. punk vets, including John Doe (X), Dave Alvin (the Blasters), David Hidalgo and Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), and<br>Melanie Vannem (the Muffs, the Pandoras).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CRUZADOS 2023 European Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">27\/04\/2023 Verviers-Belgium @ Spirit Of 66<br>28\/04\/2023 Besan\u00e7on- France @ Bar De L\u2019U<br>29\/04\/2023 Dortmund-Germany @ Blue Notez<br>01\/05\/2023 Girona-Spain @ Sala la Torrentera<br>03\/05\/2023 Madrid-Spain @ Rockville<br>04\/05\/2023 Zaragoza-Spain @ Rock &amp; Blues<br>05\/05\/2023 Aviles-Spain @ Sala Malec\u00f3n<br>06\/05\/2023 Cangas-Spain @ Salason<br>07\/05\/2023 A Coru\u00f1a-Spain @ Mardi Gras<br>08\/05\/2023 Leon-Spain @ Babylon<br>11\/05\/2023 Orihuela-Spain @ La Gramola<br>12\/05\/2023 Castellon de la Plana-Spain @ Sala Because<br>13\/05\/2023 Barcelona-Spain @ La Textil<br>14\/05\/2023 Vitoria-Spain @ Urban Rock Concept<br>16\/05\/2023 Marseille-France @ Cherrydon<br>17\/05\/2023 Chamb\u00e9ry-France @ Brin De Zinc<br>19\/05\/2023 Kufstein-Austria @ Fufa<br>20\/05\/2023 Lauchhammer-Germany @ Real Music Club<br>22\/05\/2023 Norderstedt-Germany @ MusicStar<br>23\/05\/2023 Bremen-Germany @ Meisenfrei<br>26\/05\/2023 Krefeld-Germany @ Kulturrampe<br>27\/05\/2023 F\u00fcrth-Germany @ New Orleans Fest (Open Air)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Track listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1- Dead Inside<br>2- Land Of The Endless Sun<br>3- Golden Child<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4- A Little More Time<br>5- Queen Of The Quake<br>6- Johnny Pay To Play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded at Unison Studios Feb 18-22, 2023<br>Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Bruce Witkin<br>All songs written by Marsico, Klonel, Molinare, Tremalgia, Young<br>Additional Keyboards- Bruce Witkin<br>Mastered by Dave Schultz at D2 Mastering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CRUZADOS<\/strong><br>Ron Young: Lead Vocals<br>Tony Marsico: Bass, Vocals<br>Rob Klonel: Drums<br>Mark Tremalgia: Guitar, Vocals<br>Loren Molinare: Guitar, Vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About CRUZADOS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cruzados attracted national attention in the \u201880s with their stormy, Latin-inflected brand of post-punk hard rock. Signed to Clive Davis\u2019 Arista Records, the quartet issued two albums, Cruzados (1985) and After Dark(1987). They also made a high-profile screen appearance in the 1989 cult classic Road House. However, familiar rock \u2018n\u2019 roll pressures capsized the band in 1991; guitarist Marshall Rohner died in 2005, and drummer Chalo \u201cCharlie\u201d Quintana died in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the intervening years, Marsico worked on the debut album by Plugz and Cruzados singer-guitarist Tito Larriva\u2019s band Tarantula, today based in Austin. He also carved out a notable career as a top session musician and touring sideman with such artists as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Roger Daltrey, Marianne Faithfull, and Willie Nelson. The bassist\u2019s studio and road stories are collected in two books, Late Nights with Bob Dylan (2009) and I\u2019m Just Here for the Gig! (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and the enforced solitude that followed, Marsico began to contemplate a new project under the Cruzados handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing penned up with the pandemic at home for a year, I started questioning my mortality,\u201d he says. \u201cI felt like I got shortchanged with the Cruzados. We never got to put out a third album, due to a lot of crazy circumstances that cropped up. I wanted to do the band justice and go out on a high note. That was my goal, and to pay tribute to Chalo and Marshall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Material for a new Cruzados release came quickly. It didn\u2019t take long for Marsico to decide on the right musicians to carry on the Cruzados\u2019 legacy in the studio: He turned to singer Ron Young and guitarists Loren Molinare and Mark Tremalgia of Little Caesar, who were also active on the L.A. scene in the late \u201880s as a Geffen Records act. The core lineup was completed by drummer Ron Klonel, who has collaborated with Little<br>Caesar in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Little Caesar guys were Chalo\u2019s best friends \u2013 they were pals from back in the day,\u201d Marsico says. \u201cI had to find the best guy to be the lead singer. My tastes have changed a little \u2013 the influences are blues and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. I knew that Ron Young from Little Caesar loved blues, and we got to talking and we hit it off with the same style of music. I knew that he could pull this off and get behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLoren Molinare was in the great \u201870s L.A. band the Dogs, of course, and I loved the Dogs, and Mark Tremalgia is a new guy I\u2019ve been working with for a couple of years now. Rob Klonel is a great, solid rock \u2018n\u2019 roll drummer. It was really important for me to get someone who hit \u2018em hard like Chalo. They were a perfect combination of guys, and they had a lot of enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Bruce Witkin engineering and producing, the new Cruzados set up shop at Unison Studios in L.A. Marsico recalls, \u201cWe did it all \u201cold style \u201c\u2013 we just set up in a room all together, like we used to do records before they started putting everybody in isolation booths and all that crap. We got the band together and rehearsed, and we went into the studio a week later. Before we knew it, we had the album. All live, no click tracks. We all played in our own little area, with our masks on. Set up, play, cut the songs, boom. It felt great to rock with a bunch of like-minded guys. With our special guests, half of them came to the studio, and half recorded their parts at home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links to Website and All Socials<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecruzados.net\/\">https:\/\/thecruzados.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100063778691570\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100063778691570<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandsintown.com\/a\/95120-cruzados\">https:\/\/www.bandsintown.com\/a\/95120-cruzados<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/thecruzados\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/thecruzados<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@cruzadosbandofficial1057\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/@cruzadosbandofficial1057<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cruzados European tour kicks off this Spring, April 27th through May 27th of 2023&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[2803,317,455],"class_list":["post-19446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-cruzados","tag-hard-rock","tag-post-punk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19448,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446\/revisions\/19448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}