Erik Tunison and Sahan Jayasuriya are maybe a few years apart from each other, but both are telling a story together - the story of Die Kreuzen. One of those highly influential 80s Punk and Post-Punk bands, Erik and his band were together for roughly 1,5 decades, they moved away more from their Hardcore Roots with every record. Fast forward another 15 years after their demise and Sahan gets into Die Kreuzen and another bit later he gets into contact with the guys and starts collecting material for an “oral history” of the band, which is a great way of going about doing a biography for a band as influential as Die Kreuzen as he was able to interview many people like Neko Case, Butch Vig, Steve Albini and Thurston Moore. Seeing this list should already show you how important Die Kreuzen were, but please do not think that is the complete list, because NO, it isn’t by far! That way he found out a lot about the band, their music, the musicians and people themselves and their influence on so many people. Talking to Sahan and Erik was a pleasure and we are sure you will enjoy it as well!
Links
Die Kreuzen
Website , Bandcamp , Facebook
Pre-Order of the book via Feral House
Touch and Go Records
Website , Bandcamp , YouTube , Facebook
