Career
Iron Cross formed in Washington, DC when Dante Ferrando met Sab Grey. Ferrando was previously in the band Broken Cross with Mark Haggerty while in school. When Grey and Ferrando decided to start a new band, Grey suggested the name Iron Cross. The first lineup consisted of Grey on lead vocals, Haggerty on guitar, Ferrando on drums and John Falls on bass guitar. This lineup lasted a very short time with Falls leaving after Iron Cross' early show at the American University. After Falls' departure the band went through two more bassists before settling on Wendell Blow, the former bassist for the DC hardcore punk band State of Alert, or as it is known SOA. The only non-skinhead in the band was Ferrando, who has usually maintained a spiky hairstyle.
The band's fourth lineup lasted until just after the recording of their first EP Skinhead Glory, and just prior to its release. That EP features the signature song "Crucified," which was later covered by Agnostic Front, The Business, H8Machine, Subculture Squad, and 25 ta Life. The song, "You're a Rebel" from the band's second EP Hated and Proud was covered by the Boston band Dropkick Murphys. Songs associated with Hated and Proud were first played at the now famous 9:30 Club, formerly at the corner of 9th and F Streets in DC, as part of a revamping of the band's former live set which members felt was stagnant. This set included both old and new material with a few covers from English Oi! bands.
After Blow left the band he was replaced by John Dunn three days prior to Iron Cross' two set show with the Angelic Upstarts where the band almost exchanged blows with The Upstarts. Dunn had been an original member of the DC Skins and was close friends with the band's members. He still remains so. Dunn left the band just before the release of the Hated and Proud EP. He was replaced by Paul Cleary, who was a founding member of the DC bands Trenchmouth and Black Market Baby. Iron Cross was introduced to the world beyond the eastern United States with their three songs on the Dischord compilation Flex Your Head.
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