Following the release of their new album, She’s Automatic, and news of European live dates in Late March through April, rock band Cruzados has brought out a new single and live video in ‘Nine Million Tears‘.
The performance was taken from an appearance on TV show Live From The Den and you can check it out here at RAMzine.
She’s Automatic is the band’s third album, and is a collection of 11 all new originals availble through Deko Records.
Recorded in Los Angeles in the winter of 2021, it feature’s the signature rock and roll sound and spirit that first put Cruzados on the map some 30 years ago.
The band’s new line-up features Cruzados’ co-founder bassist/songwriter Tony Marsico, vocalist Ron Young (Little Caesar), guitarists Loren Molinare (The Dogs) and Mark Tremalgia, plus drummer Rob Klonel.
The album includes guests performances by John Doe (X), Dave Alvin (The Blasters), David Hildago and Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Gia Ciambotti (Bruce Springsteen) , Melanie Vammen (The Muffs, The Pandoras), Greg Kuehn (TSOL), Jimmy Z (Rod Stewart), Buck Johnson (Aerosmith), among others.
The Cruzados’ original songs and fan favourites in their live shows would eventually find their way into blockbuster motion pictures such as Roadhouse, From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado, Gun Men, and more. They would also appear as themselves in Roadhouse.
They hit the road hard, touring worldwide between the years of 1985 and 1989 performing at every dive bar and over the top stadium show in its path. The band shared the bill with a wide variety of diverse groups such as Fleetwood Mac, Joe Walsh, Billy Idol, Warren Zevon, Stevie Wonder, INXS, Joe Cocker to REM and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Then, after two albums and endless tours the band called it quits.
Front man/vocalist Tito Larriva would go on to form his own band Tito And Tarantula where original Cruzados guitarist Steve Hufsteter would join him as part of his touring band.
Cruzados drummer Chalo Quintana would go on to tour with Bob Dylan, Social Distortion and Izzy Stradlin. Cruzados guitarist Marshall Rohner would ioin TSOL. Bassist Tony Marsico would go on to play with Tito And Tarantula, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Roger Daltrey, and Marianne Faithfull.
The new album is dedicated to the memory of their fallen Cruzados brothers Chalo Quintana and Marshall Rohner.
You can also check out the video for previous single and title track ‘She’s Automatic’ right here at RAMzine.
