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Getting to know Yorkshire-based duo Crone Tye, with Mik Crone answering the questions:
What are the origins of Crone Tye. How long have you been playing together?
The band had been around for a few months. It’s actually a duo. Tye is the singer, and I program all the music and guitar. Tye is the singer in a band called INHERITOR and Demoralised, and I am from The Sourheads. All of these bands are different from the Crone Tye project. We are both massive movie fans and love industrial music. We also like sleaze rock from the 80s and 90s, so we decided to do this project to scratch that itch, so to speak.
What should people expect when they check the band out? How would you describe Crone Tye?
We are a hybrid Industrial glam gothic sleaze crossover band with elements of metalcore and old-school punk. Kind of like Nine Inch Nails mixed with Skid Row and the Ramones.
How did you feel performing your first gig as a band, and how was it?!
We haven’t done one yet, as this is primarily a recording project. We may in the future. Depends on schedules and writing enough material. We would have to decide if we are going to use a live band together or maybe do something more cinematic with just the two of us performing.
What are you working on at the moment that people can check out?
We have a new single out called ‘No Guts, No Glamour’ available everywhere. The second single should be out later this year.
In terms of a similar audience, which band out there at the minute do you feel Crone Tye would be best suited to open for?
I think a band like Ice Kills Nine would be great, as they have a close link to horror films and the culture that surrounds them. The horror fans are very loyal, and I think using visuals to accompany the music works really well. Motionless in white, Black Veil Brides, Wednesday 13, artists like that. We would also fit in well with older bands like Nine Inch Nails and Ministry.
Excluding yourself, which new band would you like to see break out and become a success?
Tye’s other bands. He is in the process of recording an album with his high school band. I’ve heard some of it, and it sounds massive.
What frustrates you about the music business?
I wish it wasn’t so trend-oriented. You can tell someone’s age by what bands they like. I think now that the mainstream printed publications have reduced sales due to technology, people are more open-minded. I remember a magazine doing “Greatest Rockstar of All Time” then doing it again 10 years later. None of the artists were the same due to musical trends changing. I’ve seen bands play in an arena, then ten years later play clubs. Only a handful of bands maintain a career.
What are your first musical memories? And what was the lightbulb moment that made you go “I want to do that”?
I was always attracted to a visual element in music. Bands like Kiss and artists such as Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne were like my versions of Marvel and DC as a kid. I saw Jake E Lee from Ozzy’s band and knew I wanted to play guitar. The industrial side came from film soundtracks like The Crow.
What was the last gig that you attended as a fan?
Probably Christian Death or LA Guns.
What current social issue are you particularly passionate about?
Government cuts to the arts, especially in education. In one sense, they say every child should be able to learn an instrument, and then they cut funding into schools. We need to help future generations create and have the ability to share their vision.
The album that you have in your album collection/Spotify playlist that would surprise most people?
Barbara Streisand – Guilty.
It’s the one she did with Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees. Absolute class songwriting and amazing production.
Everybody is a fan of something. Who or what are you a fan of?
We are both massive horror film fans. We find inspiration in our songwriting from them. Actually we mentioned the other day that our current single would have fit perfectly on the Maxxxine soundtrack. We love slasher movies, Argento movies, David Lynch, Abel Ferrara, and David Cronenberg. All the great horror visionaries.
What new music have you been enjoying so far this year?
Personally I’ve been listening to the new recordings of the old Ministry stuff. Every day is Halloween. Cleopatra Records seems to do a great job marketing and releasing great alternative music.
What does the remainder of 2025 hold for Crone Tye?
We will keep on recording singles and putting them out there. I would like to make a music video inspired by our love of the horror genre. Lots of Green and Red lighting may be filmed on 8mm film.
How active are you on social media, and where can people connect with you?
We are on Instagram, Bandcamp, and Facebook. Linktree, HERE
