Iron Cross Metal “Church & State” LP Never Opened Mint

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You are bidding on an extremely rare Iron Cross “Church & State” Vinyl LP from 1987. Turmoil Records #TRM 4711A. This is a new old stock (NOS) item and has never been opened or played. It has been carefully stored since 1987. Check online to see the unique value of this hard to find record. Economy shipping will be $4.00 in the U.S. only.  Contact me in advance for International shipping rates. Good luck bidding!

Iron Cross was formed in December of 1982. The founding members were Rick Stang (guitar), Lionel Hubbard (guitar) Dave Martin (bass) and Dennis Green (drums). In March of 1983, Jon Wiegand (vocals) joined the band. In August of 1983 after the departure of Dave Martin, Rob Wilhelm (bass) joined the ranks of Iron Cross.
Iron Cross played the Chicago club circuit and recorded various demo's over the next year. In late 1984, Lionel Hubbard left the band to pursue other musical directions. Both Jon and Dennis took some time off as well. During this 'hiatus', both Rick and Rob started jamming with Bill Schmidt (drums) of Master. Master was also taking a bit of a break at the time. This temporary union proved to be very influencial in the future course of Iron Cross' musical material.
In August of 1985, both Jon and Dennis re-joined the band. also, at the same time, Mike Antablian (guitar) joined the ranks.
This was probably the most creative period and line-up for Iron Cross. Many of the songs for their album "Church and State" were written in the immediate months following this regrouping.
In October of 1985, Iron Cross went to Seagrape Studios in Chicago to record another demo tape. This was a "live" recording, no overdubs. It included the songs "Fallen Angel", "Tooth and Nail", "Merciless Knights", "Wage of Sin", "Children Must Play" and a cover of the Suicidal Tendencies song "I Shot the Devil".
'Merciless Knights' was released to local radio station WVVX for airplay. It immediately became a heavily requested song on that station.
Iron Cross continued to play the local Chicago club circuit for the next year when they decided it was time to record an album. Not wanting to wait around for a "label" to pick them up, Iron Cross took things into their own hands; they started their own record company (Turmoil Records) to release their album under.
In addition to funding the album themselves, Iron Cross (with the help of Producer/Seagrape co-owner Mike Konopka) decided to try and seek investors to help fund the project. They had set out to write a 22 page investment prospectus/contract and shop it around to anyone who would listen.
In February of 1987, Rob Wilhelm was working on the prospectus when a reporter for a local neighborhood newspaper had come in for a scheduled interview with the owners of Seagrape Studios. While the reporter was waiting for the interview, she had asked Rob what he was doing. Rob explained to her the project and the idea of trying to secure investors. That ended up being in the article for the paper.
Shortly after that initial article was published, Iron Cross was contacted by the Chicago Tribune for an interview on their interesting way to fund an album. Shortly after that article was published, Iron Cross was contacted by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) for additional interviews on the project. Again, shortly after those articles ran in newspapers nationwide, Iron Cross was contacted by CNN for an interview which ended up being seen by people all over the world who had access to cable/satellite t.v.
With all the recent attention, the band was able to secure funding for the album with the help of several investors.
On November 8th (election day in the U.S.) Iron Cross' debut album "Church and State" was released. Because of still somewhat limited funding, only about 2,500 vinyl albums and 1,000 cassettes were released to various "key" markets. The albums sold well and things were looking good for the band.
In the summer of 1988, Mike Antablian had decided to leave the band. He was replaced by guitarist Dave Szyszko. Several months after the album release, Jon Wiegand had decided to leave the band due to personal reasons, followed shortly thereafter by Dennis Green. Adequate replacement members were not found and the band played their last live show (with a different singer and drummer) July 1st of 1989.

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