Die Kreuzen

Die Kreuzen - Cows & Beer (Version Sound) '82

Die Kreuzen (prouounced Dee-Kroytzen) formed in mid-1981 by vocalist, Dan Kubinski, and guitarist, Brian Egeness, from Rockford, IL, and two from Brookfield, WI, bassist, Keith Brammer, and drummer, Erik Tunison. They became aquainted through the varied Milwaukee ‘new music’ scene and realized a common interest, not only music but also in escaping the boring reality of nine-to-five life. Different opinions are around why they call themselves “Die Kreuzen” two misspelled words from the german language for the english word cross, the cruxes (a cross is on their first EP cover…). However no relation to Germany is known. Other have mentioned the word “Die Kreuzen” may be a wordplay for “Die cruising”.

They set about practicing and playing wherever and whenever they could, and seizing every opportunity to broaden their horizons by playing out of town (i.e. Minneapolis, Chicago, Madison, Indianapolis). Their name was chosen specifically to avoid stereotyping, because “no one knows what it means”.

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