Archie Cruz tells Apu magazine revelations of his international rock star times.

Archie Cruz talks about the problems of the original configuration of his band Santa Cruz. Jenni Gästgivar

Musician Archie Cruz or Arttu Kuosmanen33, says Assistance-The magazine is annoyed by how his international Santa Cruz band ended in its original form.

According to Cruz, he got so much too young with other band members, and they focused on the wrong things.

– Everything crashed into intoxicants and too much celebration, so pretty much what rock is at its worst. Egos were a very big part of it. Whose word is the heaviest and who decides, he tells the magazine.

According to Cruz, there was no agreement on the band’s upcoming direction, and it took a few years to argue. The situation became so bad that the band could not have completed their tour.

According to Cruz, in 2018, his bandmates threw him out of a gig in the US Seattle. The bandmates flew to Finland, and later alone.

Santa Cruz was founded in 2007. Jenni Gästgivar

Santa Cruz performed around the world and was a warm -up for Whitesnake and Bon Jovi, for example, and performed on the Black Sabbath’s farewell tour.

Cruz has since continued as the only original member of Santa Cruz with new configurations. In addition, about a year ago, Cruz released his solo career last year Alive.

Cruz reported in December Men’s turn to talk about -In the podcast, he applied for Minnesota treatment, an intensive treatment method for treating alcoholism. The musician said he had sought treatment with his paternity.

“I don’t want to have any risk that my drinking affects my child’s life or my ability to be a father,” he said in the episode.

Cruz and media personality Iida Vainio’s baby was born in December. During the same month, the Kymenlaakso District Court was initiated by Cruz’s prosecution of drunk driving. Early in the year, Cruz told Iltalehti the situation after the gig day. He had started driving when the police decided to blow him.

– The vapors of the previous night were visible there, and that was a surprise to me. I did not assume that I wouldn’t have been in good shape, says the musician.

– [promillelukema] There was so little more than the border that we are talking about marginal drunk driving. I have already returned to me and I still have a car, he says.

Archie Cruz sought help for his alcohol problem last year. Jenni Gästgivar

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