Staggered Crossing

Staggered Crossing @ NXNE 2000

Hometown: Toronto, ON Background/Composition: A melodic, radio-friendly five-piece who just recently signed a deal with Warner. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations 80-100: Band exceeds skill and knowledge expectations. Rocked us so hard we peed our pants. 70-79: Band achieves required skills and knowledge. Meets rock 'n' roll...
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NXNE 2000

Jay Bennett Remembered As Coroners Investigate His Death

It will probably be at least two weeks before a cause of death for former Wilco member Jay Bennett can be determined. Bennett died in his sleep at his Urbana, Ill. home early Sunday morning at age 45. Toxicology and histology tests analyzing tissue samples must be completed before coroners will be able to piece together what happened to the...
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Julian Taylor's Blank Tape Levy

Former Staggered Crossing frontman Julian Taylor will issue his Blank Tape Levy solo debut at a CD release party with Soulstack and Shoot The Cameraman at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern on March 19. The album would have come out a lot earlier, but the first version was stolen in late 2007 after hooligans broke into the studio where it was being...
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Staggered Crossing To Play One More Show, Then That's It

Toronto pop/rock quartet Staggered Crossing are calling it quits after 13 years, but will go out with a bang at a Nov. 2 hometown show at the Horseshoe Tavern. "As our lives have changed and evolved individually we have found it increasingly difficult to devote the time and energy to the band that it deserves," says a statement posted...
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Staggered Crossing Give Fame Another Try

Toronto-based rockers Staggered Crossing have a new lineup and are getting ready to release a new album and play a few new shows. The band will be gearing up for their CD release on August 15 with some shows in Ontario. For all those fans in western Canada, keep checking up with the band's website where they promise more tour dates will follow...
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Staggered Crossing — Staggered Crossing

Just throw this into your CD player, close your eyes and write down the first two words that come to mind. If you're like most people, the two words you'd jot down would be Counting Crows. Not that Staggered Crossing's debut sounds exactly like them, but there sure as hell are a lot of similarities. Vocalist Julian Taylor's voice...
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