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Verra Cruz

I was born with a raging thirst...

About Me

EMANCIPATION DAY
Verra Cruz are a hard-rocking trio originally from St Albans, UK, and their debut album Emancipation Day was released worldwide July 3rd 2006 and is in stores now. To hear clips of the album tracks, load our Ecard here .
INCOMING: LIVE EP
Earlier this year, Verra Cruz supported San Diego rocklords Switchfoot on their European tour and are about to release a live EP of one of the shows from the tour, full details on where to purchase coming soon!
INCOMING: SECOND ALBUM
The band are about to begin work on their second album which is slated for release in February 2008 through Fierce! Distribution. They will be posting studio diaries here over the coming weeks.

To purchase their debut album Emanicpation Day direct from the band online visit Fullcirclerecords.co.uk or go to HMV.co.uk or download the digital version from iTunes which also includes an exclusive acoustic bonus track 'Grace'. You can still buy the single 'Guns In The Distance' from the above stores or text GUNS to 81330 and get yours ready for immediate download from 7digital.
So there you go. Go forth and spread the good word! Thanks, VC.
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Member Since: 10/31/2005
Band Website: verracruz.com
Band Members: Marc James (Vocals/Guitar/Lapsteel)
Jimmy Cooke (Drums)
Henry Cross (Touring Bass Player)

Sounds Like: Kerrang! - 8th JULY 2006
"...damn if their choruses dont work under your skin. This is a solid hard rockin' (important to drop that g) collection."

Classic Rock - 1st AUGUST 2006
"This is modern, meaningful rock music, with stadium-sized riffs and serious messages."

Metal Hammer - 1st AUGUST 2006
"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."
Record Label: VC Records licensed through Fierce! Distribution
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Strange Food Live EP is here for £6.00 delivered!

For those of you who missed out on seeing Verra Cruz live this year, your chance has come to catch up with the guys doing what they do best, if you did see them live, you already know how amazing they...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:04:00 PST

In The Studio

We've just finished our first week of laying tracks for our as yet untitled second album. We've been recording at Chapel Lane Studios in Herefordshire, UK with Delirious? producer Sam Gibson engineeri...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:08:00 PST

Incoming: New Live EP

It's been a great year for us so far and we rounded off the summer festival run with Greenbelt mainstage at a raging hot Cheltenham racecourse. Thanks for all you who came out to see us play, it was r...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:11:00 PST

Verra Cruz to play mainstage at Greenbelt Festival

We have just been confirmed to play Greenbelt Festival's mainstage at 7pm on Saturday 25th August 07 at Cheltenham Racecourse, UK. When we first started playing as Dust back in 1996, one of our first ...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:29:00 PST

Cross Rhythms Interview

We did an interview for Cross Rhythms (website and radio station) at a show back in March and it's now up online, take a look here...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:44:00 PST

We've been hacked!

Apologies to anyone who received a comment from us on their page today with a link to a pornographic video. Obviously we didn't do this and totally do not condone anything like this. Really sorry for ...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

Rocking in Croatia

We recently had the amazing opportunity to play our first show in Croatia at Kristfest in Osijek. The gig was great, the festival was really cool with some really good bands playing but what really re...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:06:00 PST

Bass player news:

We regret to announce the departure of our bass player of six and a half years Nicko 'McBrain' Bright. After years of rocking as hard as is physically possible (see the Almanac of Rock, first line of ...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:38:00 PST

Thanks, it was a pleasure to rock with you...

Thanks to everyone who we met on the Switchfoot European Tour which finished on Saturday night in Derby. We had some awesome shows and Switchfoot were amazing every night. It was great to meet so many...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:36:00 PST

VC to support Switchfoot on European tour

Verra Cruz are confirmed as main support for San Diego rock band Switchfoot on their European tour in February 2007 (myspace.com/switchfoot). The tour kicks off in Germany on 1st February and will tak...
Posted by Verra Cruz on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:31:00 PST