# Crack The Sky!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 10, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493 "2008-08-10T13:56:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493/1 "2008-08-10T13:56:37Z")

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Who remembers this band? People from Baltimore and the east coast, I suspect. For those who don’t know, they were basically Steely Queen with naturally a heavy dose of Beatles.

They should have been huge. But for whatever reason, they were not, forever to remain a footnote in rock history.

But when I was a kid in Baltimore, 98 Rock played them alongside Sabbath and Zeppelin and Rush, as if they were rock stars in that league.

Who remembers Crack The Sky?

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493/2 "2008-08-10T14:41:29Z")

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I’m only familiar with the first two albums. I love _“A Night on the Town (With Snow White)”_…

> [@](#):
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> And I knew you’d be the kind of girl  
> I’d love to spend my time with  
> From the minute that we met  
> I think we knew (Yeah, they knew…)  
> That nothing could be better than  
> The time we spend together  
> And as long as it’s forever,  
> there’ll be plenty to do

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493/3 "2008-08-10T15:26:11Z")

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Despite being in the UK, I got their first album because I liked the cover - especially the feely lettering. IMHO, the music never lived up to the cover.

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**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493/4 "2008-08-10T16:34:00Z")

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I love this band! And I agree with you that they should’ve been huge. In honor of the OP, I’m gonna put on a Crack the Sky marathon in my house today and play all the albums back to back. Twice.

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**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493/5 "2008-08-10T18:48:50Z")

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I loved their first few records (records? Man, that dates me!)

My **Crack The Sky** playlist is:

Hold On/Surf City

She’s A Dancer

Ice

Lighten Up, McGraw

Skin Deep

We Want Mine

Nuclear Apathy

Long Nights

Rangers At Midnight

Hot Razors In My Heart

It’s good stuff. Seek it out!

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-the-sky/459493/6 "2008-08-10T22:41:05Z")

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> they were basically Steely Queen with naturally a heavy dose of Beatles.

Oh, so much better than that.

_I like to ride in the snow with my rifle and my horse_