Cross The Line - Discography

Cross The Line was a Hardcore band from the East Bay area that formed sometime around late 2002/early 2003. Matt (vocals) and Phil (guitar) had spent time playing with For The Crown, but they both had a desire to play more straight forward, faster Hardcore. After hooking up with Ben (drums) they recruited Israel from Time For Living to play bass. In May of 2003, CTL recorded a 7-song demo with Aaron O’neil (For The Crown, Lights Out, On) at his home studio in Walnut Creek.

In the following months, Cross The Line booked and played shows all over the Bay Area and eventually started playing up and down the west coast as well. By 2004, the band had written more new songs and decided to go record again, this time for a possible 7” EP. In May 2004, Cross The Line recorded 9 songs at Stout Recording Studios in Oakland with Randy Burk. Two of these songs would be featured on the “Pity The Backseat” compilation, but unfortunately the debut EP would not be released. In the following months, Cross The Line continued to play shows throughout the area, and even did a Midwest and Canadian Tour with good friends Time For Living. At the time, Ben was starting to get ready to go off to college and Israel would eventually leave CTL to focus on his other bands, Time For Living and Set Your Goals . CTL quickly picked up Tim to play bass, but unfortunately the new line-up would be short-lived. Cross The Line played their last show as a band at the Sink With Cali Festival in Redondo Beach in August of 2004.

These discography cd’s were put together by the band themselves (limited to somewhere between 50 and 100 copies) and sold at the American Cancer Society benefit show at Gilman Street in late 2006. Included is the unreleased debut EP (tracks 1-7), the demo (tracks 10-16) as well as their compilation tracks. I would definitely recommend this release to fans of bands like Ten Yard Fight and In My Eyes. Cross The Line was one of the best bands going around this time, and it’s really unfortunate that their amazing debut EP never saw an official release. Hopefully this discography will do them some justice…

Update: Shortly after posting this, the band was cool enough to hook me up with a MUCH BETTER sounding copy of the discography. I am posting the new link in place of the old one. I would seriously recommend downloading this version, even if you already got the first one, it’s definitely worth it.

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