Three Crosses was an American

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band from

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, formed in 1994 by two friends who had played together since

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.Jason Ankeny,

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Their first album, a self-titled release, was produced by

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and featured guitar by Andrew Krizan of the

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.Mark Allan Powell, ''The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music''. Hendrickson, 2002, p. 951. The group had several songs which received airplay on

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; "Seven Days", "God's House", "Calvary", "Stone Was Rolled Away", "Michelangelo", and "Bring Me to My Knees" all reached the Top 20 of the Christian Hit Radio chart between 1995 and 1997. Two of the group's albums made the

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Christian music chart.

Members

*Steve Pasch *Ralph Barrientos *Ed Nicholson

Discography

*''Three Crosses'' (

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, 1995) U.S. Christian No. 30

Allmusic *''Jefferson Street'' (Benson, 1996) U.S. Christian No. 19 *''Skinny Flowers'' (Benson, 1998) *''100% Saved: The Best of Three Crosses'' (Benson, 1999) *''Live At Flevo'' ( Spark Music, 1999)

References

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