Sab Grey

Sab Grey (b. December 31, 1962) is the founder of Iron Cross, one of the United States' first skinhead hardcore/Oi! bands.

Grey was born Frederick Prausnitz in Baltimore, Maryland to an English mother and a German father, conductor Frederik Prausnitz. As a teenager, he began to attend hardcore punk concerts in Washington DC, where he met Ian Mackaye, Henry Rollins, and others in the burgeoning Washington, DC hardcore subculture.

In 1981, he founded Iron Cross, an Oi!-influenced hardcore band. The band's name, as well as the skinhead look favored by its members, led to accusations of fascism, which Grey has always denied. Iron Cross released a handful of EPs, later released together as the album "Live For Now." Their song "Crucified" became a hardcore classic after being covered by Agnostic Front. Weary of the controversy surrounding the band, Grey dismantled it in 1985 and moved to England. He later returned to the U.S. to start the rockabilly-influenced Royal Americans. As of 2006, Grey was continuing to play with the Royal Americans, and occasionally touring with a new lineup of Iron Cross.

Grey has recently released a work of fiction entitled "Skinhead Army," and has started work on a second book.

Iron Cross had some very deep rooted issues with their bassist Wendol Blow. When Blow was replaced with Paul Cleary (of BMB, Purevil and Jimi Sin), many of Iron Cross's skinhead followers decided that Sab had taken the band in non skinhead direction. By 1984 Iron Cross had lost most of their following and were stuck playing small clubs like Carmichaels. Sab should be credited with being one of the original founders of the DC Punk scene but it seems he was always trapped between being a skinhead and Punk.