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| − | [[Image:Whitecross.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Whitecross circa 1988. Left-to-right are Jon Sproule, Rex Carroll, Scott Wenzel and Mark Hedl.]]
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| | 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 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. |
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| − | ==Albums==
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| − | ===With Rex Carroll===
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px|]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Whitecross'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1987]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Love on the Line''''' (EP)
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| − | |align="center"|[[1988]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossHammerAndNail.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Hammer and Nail'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1988]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossTriumphantReturn.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Triumphant Return'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1989]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossInTheKingdom.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''In The Kingdom'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1991]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossHighGear.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''High Gear'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1992]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''To The Limit: The Best of Whitecross'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1993]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossNineteenEightySeven.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Nineteen Eighty Seven'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[2005]]
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| − | ===Without Rex Carroll===
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossUnveiled.jpg|150px|]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Unveiled'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1994]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossEquilibrium.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Equilibrium'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1995]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:WhitecrossFlytrap.jpg|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''Flytrap'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1996]]
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| − | |align="center"|[[Image:NoImage.PNG|150px]]
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| − | |align="left"|'''''One More Encore'''''
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| − | |align="center"|[[1998]]
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| − | ==Members of Whitecross==
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| − | ===Current Members===
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| − | *Scott Wenzel - [[vocals]]
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| − | *Rex Carroll - [[electric guitar|guitar]] ([[1987]] - [[1992]], [[2005]] - present)
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| − | *Mike Feighan - [[drums]] ([[1991]] - [[1995]], [[2005]] - present)
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| − | ===Former members===
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| − | ====Guitars====
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| − | *[[Barry Graul]] ([[MercyMe]]) - [[guitar]] ([[1994]] - [[1995]])
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| − | *[[Quinton Gibson]] - [[guitar]] ([[1996]])
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| − | ====Drums====
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| − | *Mark Hedl - [[drummer|drums]] ([[1987]] - [[1988]])
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| − | *Mike Elliott - [[drums]] ([[1989]])
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| − | *Troy Stone - [[drums]] ([[1996]])
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| − | ====Bass====
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| − | *Jon Sproule - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1987]] - [[1988]])
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| − | *Rick Armstrong - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1989]])
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| − | *Butch Dillon - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1991]])
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| − | *Scott Harper - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1992]])
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| − | *[[Tracy Ferrie]] - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1994]] - [[1995]])
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| − | *Brent Denny - [[bass guitar|bass]] ([[1996]])
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| − | <td align="center" width="99" bgcolor="#808080">'''Whitecross'''
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| − | <td width="102" align="center" bgcolor="#808080">'''Hammer & Nail'''</td>
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| − | <td width="115" align="center" bgcolor="#808080">'''Triumphant Return'''</td>
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| − | <td align="center" width="117" bgcolor="#808080">'''In The Kingdom'''</td>
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| − | <td align="center" width="117" bgcolor="#808080">'''High Gear'''</td>
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| − | <td align="center" width="90" bgcolor="#808080">'''Unveiled'''</td>
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| − | <td align="center" width="86" bgcolor="#808080">'''Equilibrium'''</td>
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| − | <td align="center" width="100" bgcolor="#808080">'''Flytrap'''</td>
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| − | <tr> <td bgcolor="#808080">'''Vocals'''
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| − | <td width="826" colspan="8">
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| − | <p align="center">Scott Wenzel
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| − | <td bgcolor="#808080">'''Guitars'''
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| − | <td width="550" colspan="5">
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| − | <p align="center">Rex Carroll
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| − | <td width="182" colspan="2" align="center">Barry Graul
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| − | <td width="100">
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| − | <p align="center">Quinton Gibson
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| − | <td bgcolor="#808080">'''Drums'''
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| − | <td width="201" colspan="2" align="center">Mark Hedl
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| − | <td width="115" align="center">Mike Elliott
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| − | <td width="428" colspan="4" align="center">Mike Feighan
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| − | <p align="center">Troy Stone
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| − | <td bgcolor="#808080">'''Bass'''
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| − | <td width="201" colspan="2" align="center">Jon Sproule
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| − | <td width="115" align="center">Rick Armstrong
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| − | <p align="center">Butch Dillon
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| − | <p align="center">Scott Harper
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| − | <td width="182" colspan="2" align="center">Tracy Ferrie
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| − | <p align="center">Brent Denny
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| − | </table>
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Contemporary Christian music]]
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| − | *[[Hair metal]]
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| − | *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
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| − | *[[Ratt]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.whitecrossmusic.com/ Official Whitecross website]
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| − | *[http://www.allium-sativum.com/c2k2/Whitecross/content.html Pictures from the reunion gig at Cornerstone 2002]
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| − | *[http://rockhole.bravepages.com/whitecross.html Whitecross — the best of rock, the worst of rock]
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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 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 Awards: 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 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 gigs 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.
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