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Fourwaycross https://fourwaycross.com Fourwaycross Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:22:00 +0000 https://fourwaycross.com en press_ruin http://fourwaycross.com/press_ruin Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:22:00 +0000 Fourwaycross 114919 home / about / music / press / contact & links for immediate release — Fourwaycross, Noted Los Angeles Post-punk Band, Returns with the RUIN EP — Their First New Material in over Two Decades Los Angeles, CA — July 15, 2016 RUIN, an all new 4-song EP, marks the official rebirth of the ground-breaking Los Angeles post-punk outfit Fourwaycross. RUIN is the first in a cycle of four 4-song EPs slated to be released in 2016, and marks the first recordings released by the band since the 1989 album On The Other Hand. RUIN reunites the band's original members Steve Gerdes (bass/synths), Courtney Davies (guitars/flute), Biff Sanders (percussion/samples) and Tom Dolan (vocals/guitar/synths) — a lineup not seen together on record since their critically acclaimed Product One (1985) and Fill The Sky (1986) LPs. Fourwaycross was well-known in the Downtown LA industrial-art warehouse scene of the mid-80's. The band was noted for performing intense, tight sets of dark, rhythmic songs and sharing stages alongside Savage Republic, Psychic TV, Psi-Com and Sonic Youth. In the 90's, Fourwaycross alumni populated other notable LA bands including Ethyl Meatplow, Medicine and Polar Bear. Fourwaycross is now back, with RUIN delivering a fresh set of stark, muscular tunes which echo early days yet sounds distinctively new. Signature traits of jagged guitar, churning bass and haunting vocals populate RUIN, but new elements and a broad, cinematic scope clearly transports the band's sound into the near future. Mixed by Sonny DiPerri (Thirty Seconds to Mars, Animal Collective, STRFKR) and mastered by Tom Baker (David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Porno for Pyros), RUIN is slated for release on all digital platforms on July 15th, 2016. A collected physical release featuring selections from all four EPs will follow later in the year. # # # Find the RUIN ep on iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, Soundcloud or Spotify Download the iTunes digital booklet PDF for the RUIN ep   Download EP artwork and band photos — choose web (2.5 mb) or print (50 mb) resolutionFor full-res audio or more info contact: 4wxband@gmail.com, or @fourwaycross on Twitter or Facebook home / about / music / press / contact & links for immediate release — Fourwaycross, Noted Los Angeles Post-punk Band, Returns with the RUIN EP — Their... music http://fourwaycross.com/music Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:32:43 +0000 Fourwaycross 84934 home / about / music / press / contact & link sounds around — Four ‘new-era’ Fourwaycross EPs, four songs each, RUIN, RISK, FICTION and FACT are available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud and over 30 other digital music services worldwide. For more info on these releases and to download hi-res files and other assets, please check the press page. home / about / music / press / contact & link sounds around — Four ‘new-era’ Fourwaycross EPs, four songs each, RUIN, RISK, FICTION and FACT are... band http://fourwaycross.com/band Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:49:37 +0000 Fourwaycross 84882 home / about / music / press / contact & links Original band members — Steve Gerdes (bass/guitar/synths)Courtney Davies (guitars/flute/vocals) Biff Sanders (percussion/samples)Tom Dolan (vocals/guitar/synth/words)2nd Generation members — Beth Thompson (vocals/guitar/words)Brad Laner (guitars/effects)Jon Napier (guitar)contributors — Robert Lopez (guitar)Kris Force (cello)  2017 notes: Mostly, tunes came alive in the control room of SG’s synth farm at Hilda Labs. Not so differently from how things were done on Avenue 40 in Highland Park back in the dark ages, when Steve started recording demos on a 4-track Fostex cassette machine. Sometimes, nearly fully-formed songs bubble up from the swamp of soundscapes at BS’s studio, Barefoot Music. Things bounce around, and tunes that stick get words dropped on them pretty quickly. Then they’re acid-tested in live rehearsal, and it’s here that CD begins to lay in flute and/or guitars. If a song doesn’t come alive, we let it die. —TD home / about / music / press / contact & links Original band members — Steve Gerdes (bass/guitar/synths)Courtney Davies (guitars/flute/vocals) Biff... timeline http://fourwaycross.com/timeline Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:19:39 +0000 Fourwaycross 84879 home / about / music / press / contact & links timeline (as best as we remember) — 1984 / We meet and start playing (Tom, Biff, Steve and Courtney) 1985 / We self-release the Product One cassette, limited edition           Fill The Sky LP released 1986 / Tom leaves the band, replaced by Beth Thompson           Home LP released (Beth, Biff, Steve, Courtney)           Doubting Thomas LP released (Tom solo album featuring Biff) 1987 / Shimmer EP released (Beth, Biff, Steve, Courtney) 1989 / On The Other Hand LP released (John Napier and Brad Laner featured as guitar players) 1990 / Nate Starkman & Sons re-releases Product One as an LP 1991 / The band splits up, Biff and John Napier form Ethyl Meatplow with Carla Bozulich           Beth joins Brad Laner in Medicine           Steve and Tom form Aether 1993 / Independent Projects Records releases Pendulum 10" and 7" vinyl  1995 / Biff forms Polar Bear with Eric Avery from Jane’s Addiction 2001 / Steve, Courtney and Beth form The Shway 2004 / Biff joins Maven with Bon Harris from Nitzer Ebb 2006 / Steve forms Dnatured with Larry Frick and Biff 2014 / Fourwaycross jams as original foursome again for the first time since 1986 2015 / Fourwaycross plays a handful of gigs around LA while recording new songs 2016 / RUIN ep released, July          RISK ep released, October2017 / FICTION ep released, January          FACT ep released, June 2019 / Steve & Courtney form The Roogs 2021 / Steve Gerdes, RIP. home / about / music / press / contact & links timeline (as best as we remember) — 1984 / We meet and start playing (Tom, Biff, Steve and Courtney) 1985 /... contact http://fourwaycross.com/contact Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:22:11 +0000 Fourwaycross 84612 home / about / music / press / contact & links Hmm, We all left Facebook as it became awful, but Courtney pokes in on a band page that has mostly morphed to follow The Roogs project.  Questions? You can email tom.dolan@gmail.com home / about / music / press / contact & links Hmm, We all left Facebook as it became awful, but Courtney pokes in on a band page that has mostly morphed to... press http://fourwaycross.com/press Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:00:01 +0000 Fourwaycross 84543 home / about / music / press / contact & links for immediate release —  Fourwaycross, Noted Los Angeles Post-punk Band, Returns to the Post-Punk, Darkwave Forefront with Series of New EPs Los Angeles, CA—In June of 2016, Fourwaycross released RUIN, the first of a suite of four 4-song EPs, and the first recordings from the ground-breaking Los Angeles post-punk outfit since the 1989 album On The Other Hand. Subsequent EPs RISK, FICTION and FACT have since been released. The RUIN-RISK-FICTION-FACT EPs are all-new output from the band's original members Steve Gerdes (bass/synths), Courtney Davies (guitars/flute), Biff Sanders (percussion/samples) and Tom Dolan (vocals/guitar/synths) — a lineup not seen together on record since their critically acclaimed Product One (1985) and Fill The Sky (1986) LPs.The EPs extend the signature Fourwaycross sound and deliver a crisp, electrostatic punch of post-punk songs. Pecolating synths vie with tightly woven bass, and Courtney Davies’ flute, a key element of the 80’s sound of Fourwaycross is featured prominently. Muscular grooves and jagged guitars recall earlier recordings yet sound distinctively new. Fourwaycross was well-known in the Downtown LA industrial-art warehouse scene of the mid-80's. The band was noted for performing intense, tight sets of dark, rhythmic songs and sharing stages alongside Savage Republic, Psychic TV, Psi-Com and Sonic Youth. In the 90's, Fourwaycross alumni populated other notable LA bands including Ethyl Meatplow, Medicine and Polar Bear. The EP suite has been mixed by Sonny DiPerri (Thirty Seconds to Mars, Animal Collective, STRFKR) and Amir Derakh (Orgy, Julien-K), and mastered by Tom Baker (David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Porno for Pyros). # # # Find FOURWAYCROSS eps on iTunes, Bandcamp, Soundcloud or Spotify For more info contact: tom.dolan@gmail.com home / about / music / press / contact & links for immediate release —  Fourwaycross, Noted Los Angeles Post-punk Band, Returns to the Post-Punk,... about http://fourwaycross.com/about Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:12:02 +0000 Fourwaycross 84345 home / about / music / press / contact & links a sort of history <img width="451" height="596" width_o="451" height_o="596" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e075a9c59bb054d6d8add848d843864d0c7a13da765ef0422e1ff58ffec457a7/flyer_scream.png" data-mid="77261" border="0" />So here's the thing: I met this guy, a drummer, and it was quickly clear that he was someone, if you were in a band, that you wanted to play with. Most drummers have enthusiasm, but this guy had both skill and a sharp edge; he wasn't an easy sort. Anyone who's ever been in a band knows that without a great drummer you're fucked (and with a great drummer, many sins are forgiven). But he was always playing with other people, more musically inclined, jazz chops and 5/4 time signatures and all that stuff, and I was just a scruffy post-punk-goth-electro art school guy. It took a couple years before meeting the others, who where also art punks (and also scruffy), but he played bass and she played flute and EBow guitar and they looked amazing together. One random night I was finally able to lure drummer guy along to try to play a few tunes together at their place. And then it happened, and it was good, almost immediately. Good doesn't mean easy, but lots of stuff followed: parties, basement recording sessions on the cassette deck, art openings, gigs, multi-track recording, tours, enthusiastic critics, crazy shows, substances, friends dying, LPs getting pressed. We made the soundtrack to our own lives falling apart and coming together again. Looking back, it's easy to see that this complicated marriage of four people (which is what a band is—particularly a band that wants to push stuff a bit) was maybe the most formative relationship of all of our lives, even though it didn't last very long. But maybe it did, because I'm writing this now. And now, it seems inconceivable that all the stuff before happened when we were children really, just barely twenty-somethings, and that day when the four of us first jammed together was over 35 years ago. The original four in Fourwaycross, yet again. Feels strange. Feels good. —TD, 2016 band members home / about / music / press / contact & links a sort of history So here's the thing: I met this guy, a drummer, and it was quickly clear that he was someone,... Home Page http://fourwaycross.com/Home-Page Thu, 12 Nov 2015 01:46:26 +0000 Fourwaycross 79632 home / about / music / press / contact & links <img width="600" height="750" width_o="600" height_o="750" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f8f5467b9eeaf7f4ab0cd5b8978691c719354a25ecb07d7709f5a79ca94754cc/overlay_4up_with_type.jpg" data-mid="70717" border="0" /> FOURWAYCROSS DARK-WAVE POST-PUNK GOTH  We’re suffering the loss of our cornerstone and foundation, bassist/guitarist/programmer and songwriter/producer Steve Gerdes, taken way too soon. Please say an atheist’s prayer for Steve’s journey, and listen to some of his music today. —TD, August 2021  Find our music on iTunes, Bandcamp, Soundcloud or Spotify home / about / music / press / contact & links FOURWAYCROSS DARK-WAVE POST-PUNK GOTH  We’re suffering the loss of our cornerstone and foundation,...