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Stan
and Ted began playing rock and roll in high school. Their most
successful band in their high school period was the Iron Cross.
Famous (or, depending on the situation, infamous) for its exuberant “wall of sound,” Iron Cross made competing high
school bands feel badly about themselves because, compared to Iron Cross, they
just didn’t play with a committed style. Heavy on the drums, smash yer guitar,
don’t play any slow dance songs—that was what Iron Cross was
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Bassist
Richard Shackelford left the band after Graduation Day. Iron Cross dissolved
with his departure. The Real World called. About fifteen years later, Stan and Ted, who had been in and out of numerous bands—sometimes with each other and sometimes not with each other—decided to do a studio album. The result was 1983’s “Live on Mars” LP. But very real necessity again intervened and the band split up shortly thereafter in 1984. Necessity and responsibility kept Stan and Ted |
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almost totally out of recorded music for almost twenty years. So it was until 2002. Having successfully handled their Real World responsibilities, Stan and Ted decided to dive back into the world of recording. Much to their joy, they found that their twenty-year hiatus had seen the development of amazingly good low-cost digital recording equipment. With amp and effects modeling and electronic drums, they could just plug in to the recorder! The reconstituted Linear Brothers revived the spirit of the old Iron Cross! And so they have lived happily ever after… Stan’s instruments: Roland TD-5 drums, Gibson LG0 acoustic guitar (1969), Gibson ES-330TDO electric (1963), Gibson SG Custom (solid walnut, 1971), Rickenbacker 620/12 (1981), Fender Telecaster, Gibson EB Series Bass (1968), Yamaha Multi-Timbral Synthesizer, Washburn B 100 Bass, and Fender Stratocaster. Ted’s instruments: Fender American Ash Custom Shop Bad Boy Blue Strat, Fender Powerhouse Strat, Fender American Deluxe Ash Telecaster in Butterscotch Blond, Fender Telecoustic, Gibson Flying-V (1983), Jackson-Kelly Pro Star, Danelectro DC3, Rickenbacker 360, Gibson SG Voodoo, |
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Rickenbacker 620, Steinberger Spirit, Martin Backpacker,
Ovation MOB 60, and Yamaha Synthesizer. |
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