Cruciferius * Marc Perru - guitar, vocals * Francois Breant - keyboards, vibes, vocals * Bernard Paganotti - bass, vocals * Patrick Jean - drums, percussion Cruciferius are one of the true icons of French progressive rock. Their sound was quite unusual and hard to describe; quite brooding and with heavy guitars but also influenced by black and Latin American music, rhythm and blues, harmony-pop, soul and jazz. Arguably, they shared many influences with Magma at this stage. Their album includes cover versions of Big Bird and Gimme Some Lovin' (a superb version really transforming this old standard), in addition to their own strong material (all with English lyrics). Paganotti used lyrics by Edgar Allan Poe on "Annabel Lee", where his low-pitched voice sounds like a cross between Lou Reed and Elvis. Marc Perru's vocals are closer to Steve Winwood. At this early stage (1970), this was one of the best albums released in France. Perru and Breant continued some of Cruciferius's ideas in their next group Nemo. 1 A NICE WAY OF LIFE 1970 EGG 940.011 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cruciferius">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.