The Crux plus support

The Crux are a five piece covers band who originated in Halton around eight years ago.

They went down a storm headlining last year's Millfest here at Halton Mill, so we welcome them back to play a full set inside this spring.

The band came together when like minded guitar playing friends started jamming together, and this grew when they connected with other local musicians and started hiring The Centre@Halton for regular weekly jams.

"Little did we know at this time that it would lead to forming a band and playing all manner of great venues, which has opened up and introduced us to many other great artists and performers", said lead guitarist Stephen Hogarth, whose parents originally moved to Halton in the 1970s when his dad got a job at Luneside Engineering, now Halton Mill.

Stephen is joined by Paul Spavin (Spav) on vocals, Rich Webber on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Dan Woods on bass guitar, and Scott Thompson on drums.

Some of the bands The Crux cover include The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Primal scream, Arctic Monkeys , Kasabian, Oasis, The Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand, The Stone roses, Green Day, The Fratellis, Stereophonics, Courteeners, The Farm, Kaiser Chiefs, Monaco, Kings of Leon, The Coral, Chris Isaak , The Strokes, The Kinks and The Sex Pistols.