Chris Cross
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Cross in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Thomas Allen |
| Also known as | Chris Cross |
| Born | 14 July 1952 |
| Origin | Tottenham, London, England |
| Genres | New wave, art rock, post-punk, synthpop, glam rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, psychotherapist, mental health counselor, supervisor |
| Instruments | Bass, keyboards, synthesizers |
| Years active | 1973–1988 2009–2012 |
| Associated acts | Stoned Rose, Tiger Lily, Ultravox, John Foxx, Midge Ure |
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Gibson EB-3 Fender Precision Bass (fretless) EMS synthesiser Minimoog synthesiser |
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Chris Cross (born Christopher Thomas Allen, 14 July 1952, Tottenham, London, England) is an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the new wave band Ultravox.
Cross went to Belmont Secondary Modern School, William Forster Comprehensive. He began his music career playing in different bands, in Tottenham, North London, with his major early influences being Small Faces, Desmond Dekker, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Later he joined Stoned Rose, in Preston, Lancashire, alongside Pete Hughes and Mick Carroll, who later went to form Ritzi, but also decided to go to college to study psychology, a longstanding interest.
In 1973, he returned to London to go to Art College and began studying Art and Psychology. Meanwhile, he also answered the ad for members to form a new band, put by in Dennis Leigh, an art student in London, thus forming Tiger Lily along with guitarist Stevie Shears, drummer Warren Cann joined shortly and violinist/keyboardist Billy Currie added the next year.
Tiger Lily spent a year constructing/arranging and rehearsing their songs written mostly by Leigh in Modrenos, a mannequin refurb workshop in Kings Cross, London. After playing gigs from 1974 to 1976, in the latter year the band chose to call themselves Ultravox! and signed to Island Records.
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