Barren Cross News

I copied this from the Christian Metal Realm, but wanted to post the information here also:


Hi there!

This is Michael Drive; you would know me
as Mike Lee, singer for
Barren Cross. Thanks to Greg Hays (GirderMusic.com) for allowing me to
share this with you.
Please forgive the impersonal nature of an email; I wish I could just
speak to
you instead, but email is helpful none-the-less in sharing with many of
you at
the same time.

There are a few important reasons why I am writing
to you…

This is exciting!

First and foremost; I am happy to announce: BARREN
CROSS is
officially, 100% BACK!

There has been great healing done in the band, and
we are
being raised up to an entirely new level. We are back in form and are
out there
performing again! IN FACT… there are 72 great NEW LIVE Barren Cross
photos up if
you want to see them, located on the Barren Cross Myspace page: www.myspace.com/barrencross


I have a website with some great stuff on it if
you want to
see it: www.michaeldrive.com
and also,
Barren Cross has a new website that is well under construction (thanks
to Greg
Hays). It looks great already; check this out: www.barrencross.net

By the way, for those interested in a Barren Cross
LIVE SHOW,
please contact our booking agent: Jeff McLain:
jeff@northcoastagency.com tel: 717-391-0949.

Your letters have not gone unnoticed.
So now, I am very happy to formerly make this
announcement:

Barren Cross is not just “talking” about it, but
we have now,
as of this last week, officially decided to record a brand new full
length album!
Inspiration like never before has already begun; we have already
started
writing for it! As a writer and the lead singer since our inception in
1983, I
can feel it already; this is going to be, by far, the best Barren Cross
album
ever put out. I would like to add that the table is now open for any
offers
from producers and studios who would like to be involved with us. This
is going
to be greater than anything we have ever done. Contact
info is at the bottom of this email.

And concerning Barren Cross; if you want to catch
up on 2 of
the most popular and influential albums that we have released; “Atomic
Arena”
and “State Of Control”,
I know that Greg Hays at www.girdermusic.com
has them available to purchase right now. Replace that scratched up CD
that
keeps skipping on track 7 :-)

Now, this is where most of you come in: It is very
possible
that I will be embarking on a 2 month “solo-unplugged” tour of the United States
either this fall or winter. Right now is a period of time when the
venues have
the opportunity to get an “MD” show booked, and following this period,
when
there are enough venues booked, we will be contacting all of them to
schedule
the dates. This is where you come in: I’m asking you to contact whoever
you
know that might be interested in having me perform, whether it’s your
church,
club, or other. If you want to help with this, please contact “KJ” who
is
specifically handling this tour:

northsouthbooking@cox.net tel:
479-236-8916.


In case you don’t know, in the Modern Rock genre,
I have
been doing solo albums and performances, both solo-unplugged, OR with a
band:
mostly in Europe in the recent years, as I was based in Paris, France;
but also
in the U.S., where I am now based, in Hollywood, CA; the land of my
childhood. For
those of you who are interested, my albums/videos can be seen, heard,
and obtained
here: www.michaeldrive.com.
For those
on Myspace, please come see me at www.myspace.com/michaeldrive1.


Once again, to visit Barren Cross; hear
some songs, get a
t-shirt, or whatever; you can find us here: www.myspace.com/barrencross
and
as I said earlier, when construction is finished, the beautiful brand
new www.barrencross.net will
be available
for you with lots of great stuff.

Now, on a spiritual note:

For those of you who don’t know, on June 26, 2006, I
had a very powerful
encounter with God, and a radical transformation that followed. It’s
the most
incredible thing that ever happened to me. If you would like to read
about
this, you can find it here: http://www.michaeldrive.com/en/spiritual.shtml


I hope that I will have the opportunity to meet
many of you.
Please drop me a line with any questions or comments you may have. My
email
address is md@michaeldrive.com


May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Michael
Drive

I will be looking forward to a new CD by Barren Cross.

Woohoo!!!! I wonder about the "healing within the band" comment. I didn't know there was ever a rift. Praise to the Lord Jesus for once again reconciling brothers in Christ to each other!

Great news, I have really liked all of their albums. Looking forward to a new one, I truly hope it comes to fruition.

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I truly hope it comes to fruition.

That's the big kicker right there. We get promised these big returns, and for the most part, nothing happens. Sure, Saint and Stryper followed through. Deliverance came through for us. But, where are the promised Guardian, Holy Soldier, Crystavox, Whitecross, Neon Cross, etc. disc that were rumored to be "coming soon" years ago?

For the most part when it comes to reunions, I hope they happen. But, I also know that sometimes the bands make big announcements to test the waters and see if the fanbase is still there or has moved on. Until I see the disc for sale, I'm not going to get my hopes up too high.

I am so often disappointed that I only believe it when the album is really released.
A new Crystavox would be cool the same for a new Neon Cross.
Let's see first.