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{{dablink|For other uses, including places named Whitecross, see [[Whitecross (disambiguation)]]}}
[[Image:Whitecross.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Whitecross circa 1988. Left-to-right are Jon Sproule, Rex Carroll, Scott Wenzel and Mark Hedl.]]
Whitecross is a [[Christian metal]] band that formed in [[1986]] in [[Chicago]], releasing their first recording the following year. Their early albums, which often invite comparisons to [[Ratt]], are laced with fast, technical [[electric guitar|guitar]] work. With the departure of guitarist [[Rex Carroll]] in [[1992]], the band's sound underwent a drastic change; so much so that many Whitecross fans show a strong preference for either the earlier or later work exclusively.
Whitecross has won three [[Dove Award]]s: two for "Hard music album of the year" with ''Triumphant Return'' (in [[1990]]) and ''In the Kingdom'' (in [[1992]]); and one for "Come unto the Light" from the ''Unveiled'' album, which won "Hard music recorded song of the year" in [[1995]].
In [[1998]], singer Scott Wenzel took a two-year break to do [[missionary|mission]] work in [[South America]], and Whitecross was placed on hiatus. Little happened with the band for seven years, except for a couple of reunion [[gig]]s featuring both Wenzel and Carroll in [[2002]].
In 2005, Scott and Rex reunited to record ''Nineteen Eighty Seven'', which featured re-recordings of nine of the ten songs from their self-titled debut (''You're Mine'' being the exclusion), as well as a re-recording of the song ''Love on the Line'' (previously unavailable on CD) and a new guitar instrumental song by Rex Carroll.
There are plans to record new material for CD release as well as a possibility of Rex doing a guitar solo CD.
==Albums==
===With Rex Carroll===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="20%" align="left"|Cover
!width="40%" align="left"|Album
!width="20%" align="left"|Year
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px|]]
|align="left"|'''''Whitecross'''''
|align="center"|[[1987]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Love on the Line''''' (EP)
|align="center"|[[1988]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossHammerAndNail.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Hammer and Nail'''''
|align="center"|[[1988]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossTriumphantReturn.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Triumphant Return'''''
|align="center"|[[1989]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossInTheKingdom.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''In The Kingdom'''''
|align="center"|[[1991]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossHighGear.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''High Gear'''''
|align="center"|[[1992]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''To The Limit: The Best of Whitecross'''''
|align="center"|[[1993]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossNineteenEightySeven.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Nineteen Eighty Seven'''''
|align="center"|[[2005]]
|}
===Without Rex Carroll===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="20%" align="left"|Cover
!width="40%" align="left"|Album
!width="20%" align="left"|Year
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossUnveiled.jpg|150px|]]
|align="left"|'''''Unveiled'''''
|align="center"|[[1994]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossEquilibrium.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Equilibrium'''''
|align="center"|[[1995]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossFlytrap.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Flytrap'''''
|align="center"|[[1996]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''One More Encore'''''
|align="center"|[[1998]]
|}
==Members of Whitecross==
===Current Members===
*Scott Wenzel - [[vocals]]
*Rex Carroll - [[electric guitar|guitar]] ([[1987]] - [[1992]], [[2005]] - present)
*Mike Feighan - [[drums]] ([[1991]] - [[1995]], [[2005]] - present)
===Former members===
====Guitars====
*[[Barry Graul]] ([[MercyMe]]) - [[guitar]] ([[1994]] - [[1995]])
*[[Quinton Gibson]] - [[guitar]] ([[1996]])
====Drums====
*Mark Hedl - [[drummer|drums]] ([[1987]] - [[1988]])
*Mike Elliott - [[drums]] ([[1989]])
*Troy Stone - [[drums]] ([[1996]])
====Bass====
*Jon Sproule - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1987]] - [[1988]])
*Rick Armstrong - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1989]])
*Butch Dillon - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1991]])
*Scott Harper - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1992]])
*[[Tracy Ferrie]] - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1994]] - [[1995]])
*Brent Denny - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1996]])
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<table border="1" width="100%" id="table1">
<tr>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#808080"> </td>
<td align="center" width="99" bgcolor="#808080">'''Whitecross'''</td>
<td width="102" align="center" bgcolor="#808080">'''Hammer & Nail'''</td>
<td width="115" align="center" bgcolor="#808080">'''Triumphant Return'''</td>
<td align="center" width="117" bgcolor="#808080">'''In The Kingdom'''</td>
<td align="center" width="117" bgcolor="#808080">'''High Gear'''</td>
<td align="center" width="90" bgcolor="#808080">'''Unveiled'''</td>
<td align="center" width="86" bgcolor="#808080">'''Equilibrium'''</td>
<td align="center" width="100" bgcolor="#808080">'''Flytrap'''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Vocals'''</td>
<td width="826" colspan="8">
<p align="center">Scott Wenzel</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Guitars'''</td>
<td width="550" colspan="5">
<p align="center">Rex Carroll</td>
<td width="182" colspan="2" align="center">Barry Graul</td>
<td width="100">
<p align="center">Quinton Gibson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Drums'''</td>
<td width="201" colspan="2" align="center">Mark Hedl</td>
<td width="115" align="center">Mike Elliott</td>
<td width="428" colspan="4" align="center">Mike Feighan</td>
<td width="100">
<p align="center">Troy Stone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Bass'''</td>
<td width="201" colspan="2" align="center">Jon Sproule</td>
<td width="115" align="center">Rick Armstrong</td>
<td width="117">
<p align="center">Butch Dillon</td>
<td width="117">
<p align="center">Scott Harper</td>
<td width="182" colspan="2" align="center">Tracy Ferrie</td>
<td width="100">
<p align="center">Brent Denny</td>
</tr>
</table>
==See also==
*[[Contemporary Christian music]]
*[[Hair metal]]
*[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
*[[Ratt]]
==External links==
*[http://www.whitecrossmusic.com/ Official Whitecross website]
*[http://www.allium-sativum.com/c2k2/Whitecross/content.html Pictures from the reunion gig at Cornerstone 2002]
*[http://www.guitarjams.net/Whitecross.html Interview with Rex Carroll, including reasons for leaving the band]
*[http://rocklinemag.com/interviews.php 2003 Interview with Scott Wenzel in Rockline]
*[http://rockhole.bravepages.com/whitecross.html Whitecross — the best of rock, the worst of rock]
*[http://www.80sretromusic.com/biography/W/whitecross.htm Brief Whitecross biography]
[[Category:Christian metal]]
[[Category:Christian rock groups]]
[[de:Whitecross]]
[[es:Whitecross]]
[[fr:Whitecross]]
[[pt:Whitecross]]
[[Image:Whitecross.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Whitecross circa 1988. Left-to-right are Jon Sproule, Rex Carroll, Scott Wenzel and Mark Hedl.]]
Whitecross is a [[Christian metal]] band that formed in [[1986]] in [[Chicago]], releasing their first recording the following year. Their early albums, which often invite comparisons to [[Ratt]], are laced with fast, technical [[electric guitar|guitar]] work. With the departure of guitarist [[Rex Carroll]] in [[1992]], the band's sound underwent a drastic change; so much so that many Whitecross fans show a strong preference for either the earlier or later work exclusively.
Whitecross has won three [[Dove Award]]s: two for "Hard music album of the year" with ''Triumphant Return'' (in [[1990]]) and ''In the Kingdom'' (in [[1992]]); and one for "Come unto the Light" from the ''Unveiled'' album, which won "Hard music recorded song of the year" in [[1995]].
In [[1998]], singer Scott Wenzel took a two-year break to do [[missionary|mission]] work in [[South America]], and Whitecross was placed on hiatus. Little happened with the band for seven years, except for a couple of reunion [[gig]]s featuring both Wenzel and Carroll in [[2002]].
In 2005, Scott and Rex reunited to record ''Nineteen Eighty Seven'', which featured re-recordings of nine of the ten songs from their self-titled debut (''You're Mine'' being the exclusion), as well as a re-recording of the song ''Love on the Line'' (previously unavailable on CD) and a new guitar instrumental song by Rex Carroll.
There are plans to record new material for CD release as well as a possibility of Rex doing a guitar solo CD.
==Albums==
===With Rex Carroll===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="20%" align="left"|Cover
!width="40%" align="left"|Album
!width="20%" align="left"|Year
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px|]]
|align="left"|'''''Whitecross'''''
|align="center"|[[1987]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Love on the Line''''' (EP)
|align="center"|[[1988]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossHammerAndNail.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Hammer and Nail'''''
|align="center"|[[1988]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossTriumphantReturn.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Triumphant Return'''''
|align="center"|[[1989]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossInTheKingdom.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''In The Kingdom'''''
|align="center"|[[1991]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossHighGear.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''High Gear'''''
|align="center"|[[1992]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''To The Limit: The Best of Whitecross'''''
|align="center"|[[1993]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossNineteenEightySeven.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Nineteen Eighty Seven'''''
|align="center"|[[2005]]
|}
===Without Rex Carroll===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="20%" align="left"|Cover
!width="40%" align="left"|Album
!width="20%" align="left"|Year
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossUnveiled.jpg|150px|]]
|align="left"|'''''Unveiled'''''
|align="center"|[[1994]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossEquilibrium.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Equilibrium'''''
|align="center"|[[1995]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossFlytrap.jpg|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''Flytrap'''''
|align="center"|[[1996]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
|align="left"|'''''One More Encore'''''
|align="center"|[[1998]]
|}
==Members of Whitecross==
===Current Members===
*Scott Wenzel - [[vocals]]
*Rex Carroll - [[electric guitar|guitar]] ([[1987]] - [[1992]], [[2005]] - present)
*Mike Feighan - [[drums]] ([[1991]] - [[1995]], [[2005]] - present)
===Former members===
====Guitars====
*[[Barry Graul]] ([[MercyMe]]) - [[guitar]] ([[1994]] - [[1995]])
*[[Quinton Gibson]] - [[guitar]] ([[1996]])
====Drums====
*Mark Hedl - [[drummer|drums]] ([[1987]] - [[1988]])
*Mike Elliott - [[drums]] ([[1989]])
*Troy Stone - [[drums]] ([[1996]])
====Bass====
*Jon Sproule - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1987]] - [[1988]])
*Rick Armstrong - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1989]])
*Butch Dillon - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1991]])
*Scott Harper - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1992]])
*[[Tracy Ferrie]] - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1994]] - [[1995]])
*Brent Denny - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1996]])
<!-- Sorry about the ugly table; just scroll past if you want to edit other things. -->
<!-- Sorry about deleting the other table, but I guess this one is more comprehensive (Thief12) -->
<table border="1" width="100%" id="table1">
<tr>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#808080"> </td>
<td align="center" width="99" bgcolor="#808080">'''Whitecross'''</td>
<td width="102" align="center" bgcolor="#808080">'''Hammer & Nail'''</td>
<td width="115" align="center" bgcolor="#808080">'''Triumphant Return'''</td>
<td align="center" width="117" bgcolor="#808080">'''In The Kingdom'''</td>
<td align="center" width="117" bgcolor="#808080">'''High Gear'''</td>
<td align="center" width="90" bgcolor="#808080">'''Unveiled'''</td>
<td align="center" width="86" bgcolor="#808080">'''Equilibrium'''</td>
<td align="center" width="100" bgcolor="#808080">'''Flytrap'''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Vocals'''</td>
<td width="826" colspan="8">
<p align="center">Scott Wenzel</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Guitars'''</td>
<td width="550" colspan="5">
<p align="center">Rex Carroll</td>
<td width="182" colspan="2" align="center">Barry Graul</td>
<td width="100">
<p align="center">Quinton Gibson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Drums'''</td>
<td width="201" colspan="2" align="center">Mark Hedl</td>
<td width="115" align="center">Mike Elliott</td>
<td width="428" colspan="4" align="center">Mike Feighan</td>
<td width="100">
<p align="center">Troy Stone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#808080">'''Bass'''</td>
<td width="201" colspan="2" align="center">Jon Sproule</td>
<td width="115" align="center">Rick Armstrong</td>
<td width="117">
<p align="center">Butch Dillon</td>
<td width="117">
<p align="center">Scott Harper</td>
<td width="182" colspan="2" align="center">Tracy Ferrie</td>
<td width="100">
<p align="center">Brent Denny</td>
</tr>
</table>
==See also==
*[[Contemporary Christian music]]
*[[Hair metal]]
*[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
*[[Ratt]]
==External links==
*[http://www.whitecrossmusic.com/ Official Whitecross website]
*[http://www.allium-sativum.com/c2k2/Whitecross/content.html Pictures from the reunion gig at Cornerstone 2002]
*[http://www.guitarjams.net/Whitecross.html Interview with Rex Carroll, including reasons for leaving the band]
*[http://rocklinemag.com/interviews.php 2003 Interview with Scott Wenzel in Rockline]
*[http://rockhole.bravepages.com/whitecross.html Whitecross — the best of rock, the worst of rock]
*[http://www.80sretromusic.com/biography/W/whitecross.htm Brief Whitecross biography]
[[Category:Christian metal]]
[[Category:Christian rock groups]]
[[de:Whitecross]]
[[es:Whitecross]]
[[fr:Whitecross]]
[[pt:Whitecross]]