Santa Cruz - Moonchild

[All Nights Reserved]

Feb 20th...

[AlphaMale]

Holt fuck. That's fucking awesome news. These guys are fucking cool. Even if he uses fuck in every song!

Fuck yeah!! Fucking Santa Fuckin' Cruz!!

[AlphaMale]

Hideous cover art.

[lettard]

Fuck Yeah!!

Anywho...Hit and miss for me,loved Screaming For Adrenaline,was a bit meh on the others until Katharsis which I enjoyed,but i'm all ears to hear what they're at now...I take it no more new band members in or out from the last release or is that just being silly?

Edited February 5, 2021 by lettard

[All Nights Reserved]

 

[Gotthardline]

Sounds better than the last album but damn this band has gone downhill in recent years 

Pretty decent song though I guess 

[AlphaMale]

36 minutes ago, Gotthardline said:

Sounds better than the last album but damn this band has gone downhill in recent years 

Pretty decent song though I guess 

Agreed. Far off from their previous brilliance. 

[lettard]

Its ok but bares little or no similarity to the band that released "Screaming For Adrenaline"

[The Rocker]

VERY "Shiraz Lane"

[Aordave89]

Not really sure this is a ‘band’ anymore.. or if it is it’s a one man band. 

Massive fan of the previous Cruz outputs barring Katharsis.. few good tunes and the rest was bang average. Such a shame the original 4 disbanded - the talent was insane. 

Bad Blood Rising is my favourite of theirs. So good. Previous 2 before that are awesome also.

New tune is decent enough. Next single ‘Crossfire’ out in March. 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Where did the other boys end up? Are they still making music?

[Glen]

terrible.

[Aordave89]

1 hour ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

Where did the other boys end up? Are they still making music?

As far as I’m aware Middy the bass player wasn’t doing anything until forming Bodom After Midnight with Alexi Laiho, sadly that won’t be anymore. RIP Alexi. 

Drummer Taz I have no idea. Not sure he has done anything notable since. 

Guitarist Johnny has a studio and has been recording / producing. He is producing the new Reckless Love album I believe (including last years single ‘Loaded’). 

I always hoped once Cruz disbanded the remaining 3 guys would continue. Serious amount of talent and one hell of a live show. Shame really. 

[Dead Planet]

I like that song.....

[AlphaMale]

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[AlphaMale]

Not sure if I like this:

Santa Cruz's Archie Cruz reveals he's finished his next album. It will be a solo album for which Archie has written and also recorded all the instruments himself.

[Geoff]

On 2/20/2021 at 5:46 AM, All Nights Reserved said:

 

Guess I missed this last year. But that is not good at all.

[Captain Howdy]

 

"Under The Gun", the first cut from the upcoming 5th consecutive Santa Cruz album "The Return Of The Kings" out Feb 25th. Pre-save NOW

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/santacruz5/under-the-gun

 

 

[Captain Howdy]

If this is the first song, looks like Moonchild and Crossfire don't make the cut, but then again they have a history of releasing non album singles.

 

[Geoff]

2 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

If this is the first song, looks like Moonchild and Crossfire don't make the cut, but then again they have a history of releasing non album singles.

 

Well that's about a thousand times better than 'Moonchild.' But you don't reckon this is on the album? That'd be sad. 

[Captain Howdy]

7 hours ago, Geoff said:

Well that's about a thousand times better than 'Moonchild.' But you don't reckon this is on the album? That'd be sad. 

Well it says that the upcoming single is the first from the new album, so am guessing neither of these two will make the cut.

To my knowledge they released two non album tracks between Self titled and Bad blood rising (Skydiving without a parachute & Drag me down) .

[AlphaMale]

Isn't Archie playing all the instruments on that video? LOL

[Geoff]

2 hours ago, AlphaMale said:

Isn't Archie playing all the instruments on that video? LOL

That's what I was trying to figure out with the drummer. His face is always obscured but is it him too, even though both share the screen at several moments? It's actually a really awkward clip because of this. 

[AlphaMale]

15 minutes ago, Geoff said:

That's what I was trying to figure out with the drummer. His face is always obscured but is it him too, even though both share the screen at several moments? It's actually a really awkward clip because of this. 

Agreed. I kept trying to get a face shot of each member but they are all onscured or it's Archie. I think it's all Archie and obviously very awkward. 

[Captain Howdy]

One semi decent face shot and it didn't look like him on drums, but it was still blurry.

Have to say though, regardless of who is or isnt in the band, this is a catchy as hell song and the two guitar solos fucking rip.

If this is the direction the new album goes rather that the last album and Moonchild, then it could be a true return to form and I would not care if Jesus, Hitler and Osama Bin Laden were members.