King's Cross

Band Members

• Final Line-Up
  • Jed Starr (Darren McCormack) (guitar)
  • Big Bird (Matt McCormack) (vocals)
  • Snuff Beastley (Shawn McCormack) (bass)
  • Tubby Wadsworth (Alex Nikolzew) (drums)
  • Catweazle (Marc Welsh) (guitar)

Formed

Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1983

Band Information

Sydney band King’s Cross existed during two distinct periods and with the key members’ other concerns, Fester Fanatics and Massive Appendage, were integral elements of the city’s metal scene during the late 1980s. The band was originally conceived while the McCormacks were living in the US in the early part of the decade, during which time they featured on the LA club scene and counted the likes of Motley Crue as contemporaries.

Upon the family’s return to Australia in 1985, the brothers set the country’s thrash metal ball rolling with Massive Appendage who, with Mortal Sin and Slaughter Lord, were virtually the only exponents of the form in the land. In 1987, King’s Cross was revived, with the erstwhile Tubby Wadsworth behind the kit. Sometime later Welsh from Asylum also joined the band.

Unlike their other bands, King’s Cross was a glam metal band with its roots in the LA scene where it had first begun. Along with Fester Fanatics, the band was brought to an end due to a desire to concentrate on Massive Appendage but by late 1990 that group had run out of steam and Jed moved on to Killing Time.

Discography

Album:

	1986	Psychedelic World	Original

Single:

	1984	Gimme	self release