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Leigh - Vocals
Born
in Salisbury during a summer storm, Leigh was almost named “Storm” by her Mum, until her Dad talked her out of
it! Having a “boys name” was no walk in the park either though! From a very young age Leigh
had the confidence to sing and act in front of anyone who would listen. From playing the Virgin Mary in
the Infants Nativity Play, singing solo pieces in school and church, learning all the words to the score of Grease by age
six, Leigh had an interest in the performance arts and decided early on she was destined to be a “thespian”!
Going on to study piano/keyboards and taking classes in voice, tap, ballet and jazz. During her
school years Leigh appeared in many school productions and particularly enjoyed musicals and comedy roles. She joined
the local am-dram society and went on to appear in many productions until after getting her A Levels in Music and Theatre
Studies she won a place at East 15 Acting School to achieve a BA in Acting/Musical Theatre.
Leigh's
acting training helped her get many jobs in sales while she was "resting" from bit parts and making some decent
money working for a publishing company and later EMI. She considered a normal 9-5 job might be more appealing when the
time came to start a family. After getting married in 1998 her children followed in 2001 and 2003. After concentrating
herself on being a stay at home mama, once the eldest started school full time it was time to get back into music!
In 2005 she started the acoustic group The Lazy Orange Housecats - www.myspace.com/thelazyorangehousecats which was pretty short lived when her co-vocalist decided to leave
to extend her family. Linda who briefly played drums for the band, contacted Leigh in 2007 to audition for a new rock
covers band she was in - that band was to become CrossOver!!
Leigh's
Influences are: any strong confident performers
from stage, screen and music.
Leigh Likes: Her
family and friends above everything! - Musical Theatre, performing, going to see other live bands, cooking for friends, being
sociable, being cooked for (this is rare!), writing rude lyrics and secretly filming them, writing fantasy stories, having
a lie-in and going on holidays.
Leigh Dislikes: Arrogance, dishonesty, people who say one thing and do another, getting up early and battling with the bulge!
Leigh's gear: 2 x 300W Behringer powered speakers, Xenyx 1444 Behringer mixing desk, 2 x Calsbro powered
monitors (150w),Shure PGX24/Beta58 PGX wireless mic system, tambourine,
harmonica,
Igor - Keyboards
Igor was born in Slovakia. When he was four he
started to play in children’s TV program called Golden Gate. Singing, dancing and role playing was really
exciting. When he was six years old he started to attend a music school in Slovakia, where he was taking piano lessons and his
grandmother taught him too as she was a brilliant pianist. He has learned classic music theory for eight years. Through secondary
school he started to learn how to play guitar himself and also drums and his uncle taught him saxophone! Igor went through
all the different styles of music - rock, pop, blues, jazz standards and funk. He also started to write his own original music
too. Once he joined university in 1996 he jumped into hip- hop which was a very different style of music.
He loved the freedom of it. Later on he joined his first rock band and another year later he joined a band called
The Flirt with an enthusiastic singer. Their big shows in the local pubs were really memorable. They got a couple of
awards from music competitions in Slovakia and their songs were played on local radio stations in Slovakia and Czech
republic.
In 2005 he came to UK to learn English and work hard to buy the best keyboard in the world - KORG.
Igor joined Crossover back in 2007 but was in a band before with Linda called Softwire. His big
problem is he can’t remember names of bands. Why? He says bands on the music scene change very often and after
2 years many of them will gonna split up. Then no one will remember them!
Igor's
Influences are: all of the major artists and bands who have been around a while and have longevity +
some from Slovakia Igor Likes:his family including son Philip, daughter
Sara, computers, electronics, beer, and my all keyboards (currently 4) and English breakfast Igor Dislikes: “big”
blokes in theirs tunings cars, long travelling and women in the front of wheel who drive veeeeery slow
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Linda - Drums and Vocals
Linda
started learning guitar at the age of four playing such classics as Chick Chick Chicken and Grandfather’s Clock. Many different instruments followed including Violin (now there’s a
way to punish parents), Cello (too big to fit under the chin), clarinet (used to make her pass out and forget to breathe)
until finally at age 14 she nagged for a drumkit. After learning air drums to You Could Be Mine her mum finally gave in and
got a surprise present of her first drumkit for her 15th Birthday.
Linda started joining bands from age 16 and the
first band of any real promise was a covers band called JR Hartley where Linda also discovered she enjoyed singing almost
as much as banging things. Other bands followed in Swindon including Laruszo and Origin, playing mainly
original songs with a few covers chucked in for good measure.
In
2000 Linda moved to Ipswich with her husband for a job in engineering and despite being made redundant within a couple of
years she decided to stay and call Suffolk her home. She’s been in many great bands since making the move including
Limo Wreck, Terrapin and Blackout. Having 3 children finally made her take a break before getting back to music
with The
Lazy Orange Housecats in 2006. That went well for a short time but then fell apart and so Linda joined
a band called Softwire with Igor. After some success gigging, Linda and Igor decided that they wanted to move on and look
for some more talent in certain areas of the band and so met Leigh and Pete through auditioning. CrossOver was formed in May
2007 and Linda couldn’t be happier playing with them.
Linda’s
Influences – Crowded House, Faith No More, Paramore, RHCP, Metallica, Slipknot, George Benson, Blues Brothers and
even some country since meeting Leigh!
Linda’s likes – her family and friends, her dogs and rabbits (apart from the poop scooping), watching music telly, being cooked for
by Leigh, eating out with good company, watching gigs and playing them and Egon's eyebrows from Ghostbusters! (the
saddo)
Linda’s dislikes – arrogant people, tactless people, and having
to drive on the motorways for 3 hours at least to see her loved ones BOOOO! She's also scared to death of thunderstorms!
Linda's Gear - Mapex Saturn Fusion
Kit in Violet Stardust, Pearl Chad Smith Signature and Yamaha snares, Meinl Byzance 14"hats, 16" Crash and 20"
Dark Ride, Sabian 17" Studio Crash and 18" China, Mapex and Yamaha Hardware, Tama Iron Cobra Pedal, Tama Stool and
Protection Racket Cases, K&M Mic stand and a Shure SM58 Mic borrowed from Leigh.
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 Originally from East London, Barry has been playing guitar since
1979, from a suggestion from close friend, Paul Gold from 2 Tribes, and has played numerous gigs including
with the following bands View Point, Strutt, Street Legal and Face. During the 80s he was
also Road Manager for a number of bands including Deviation, Exposure, Cut Double and Chrysalis recording
artist 2 Tribes. Other than Crossover, Barry also plays lead guitar in Journey Tribute Band, Raised
On Radio, and symphonic rock covers band, Spellbound.
Barry's influences:
Steve Vai, Neil Schon, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Gary Moore, Alex Lifeson, Journey, Thin Lizzy, Rush, RacerX,
Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, Delain, Nightwish,
Van Halen, Gary
Moore
Barry Likes: Family & Friends, USA, Music, USA, TV, USA, Video, USA, Miami
Dolphins, Boston Red Sox, New Jersey Devils, LA Lakers, Penn State, NASCAR’s #24 Jeff Gordon, Foreign Travel, USA, Perkins
Diners (in the USA), oh and going to the USA!!!!
Barry Dislikes:(C)Rap Music, Cheating, Duality, Petrol Prices,
Not Being A Millionaire (yet)
Equipment: Guitars: Ibanez
JEM7V with Fernandes Sustainer, Jackson Dinky Std, Personally Customised “Frankenstrat” Mexican Squier Strat ,
Japanese Squier Strat, Washburn Tour24, Roland G202 Guitar Synth, Kramer Ferrington Electro-Acoustic.
Amps: Carvin
Legacy VL212 Combo, Roland JC120 Combo
Effects:TC Electronic G-System, Morley Bad Horsie Wah and Little Alligator Volume, Proel PVP-12L Volume, Digitech Whammy,
MXR EVH Phaser, Ibanez Jemini Distortion, Peterson Strobostomp2 Tuner, Boss AC2 Acoustic Simulator, Badger Effects BigPipe
Line Driver.
Wireless:Trantec
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Pete - Bass
Pete started playing accordion aged 9 in the family
band and took up bass shortly afterwards. His school career was ruined (apparently) by forming a rock band. He got interested
in folk music at Dukes Folk in Whitstable, met and played with outstanding musicians who later went on to form Oysterband
and other amazing projects. Pete then gave up bass for a long
time during an extensive foray into Irish traditional music, eventually re-emerging in 1998 to take up tuba. His interest in electric bass reawakened by his son's guitar playing, Pete
answered Linda's ad in partysounds and the rest is history. Pete's Influences: Ry Cooder, Colin Hodgkinson, James Jamerson, Iain Kearey, Richard
Thompson, Oysterband, Danny Thompson, Jackie Daly, Martin Simpson, Bellowhead Pete's Gear: Basses by Yamaha, Fender, Bass Collection. Amplification by Burman,
EBS, Euphonic Audio, Markbass Pete
Likes: scuba diving, decent beer, old Ducatis, morris dancing, banjo playing Pete Dislikes: trad jazz, crashing old Ducatis,
people who don't do what they say they're going to do
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