"we're children of the damned"
Random Facts:
Name: Terry Crofts
Age: 24
Role in Wrathchild...be thy name: Lead guitarist, Vocals
Fave artist's/Bands: Metallica, Nightwish, Arch Enemy, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil
Biggest musical influence: Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield (Metallica)
Fave album: I can't choose...between Nightwish - Once, or Within Temptation - The silent force. Although neither of them would be my "desert island disc".....think i'll leave that out.
Fave song: You can't choose just 1.
Liquid Tension Experiment's "Hourglass" (An instrumental) always gets me, as does Meat Loaf's "Is nothing sacred". But at the same time I love Arch Enemy's "Nemesis" - 3 massively different songs
Fave film: School of rock or Still crazy
Best gig you've been to:
If i'm totally honest..... Pink at the NEC 2006. Awesome.
Fave song to play live: Walking in the air (just to see the reaction on peoples faces change from laughter when we start to disbelief when it turns into a heavy metal monster)
Best musician in the world in your opinion:
Mike Portnoy (Drummer of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment) - That guy is more versatile and tighter than a drum machine.
If you could replace Edd with someone else, who would it be?:
Erm...Pink, it may seem a bizarre choice but, yeah... She don't take things too seriously and I personally think she's got a great rock voice (although i know Edd disagrees with me on that). Or failing that.... Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil, or I could just get David Coverdale and get the same thing that Edd does now.
Background: Equipment list:
Terry was never really much of a music lover when growing up.
His first love was motor racing and he raced karts during his school years but gave that up when he moved into his college years largely due to the the extreme expense of the sport. At college he studied art and graphic design and it was here that his love of music began. He aspired to become an artist who works largely within the music industry (such as Derek Riggs who designs all the artwork for Iron Maiden).
But when a family move midway through his a-levels enabled him to start a fresh he chose to quit art and take music full time. It was during this time that he met Edd.
Terry is a self-taught guitarist who first started playing in 2001 by playing along to Nirvana records. As different influences came in from people he met at college he started playing the likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Terry has completed a BSc in Audio Recording Technology (With first class honours) which has been extremely useful as it has helped with all technical aspects of Wrathchild be thy name such as recording all their own backing tracks.
Guitar(s):
Maverick X1
Jackson RX10D
BC Rich NJ series Bich
Yamaha Pacifica 112
Pink custom guitar
Amp:
Marshall MG100HDFX
Guitar FX:
Line 6 Pod XT
& Line 6 shortboard
Microphone:
Sennheiser EW135 or
Shure SM57 or SM58
Edd: on Terry
"Terry works as a team member, not an individual"
"Good guitarist, and good ears.....massive ears infact!"
"fully committed"
"The first band member i've argued with about musical direction / sounds / technical aspects who i've thought might actually be right"