sentences:  Crucifix was preceded by the short-lived band Subsidize Mess, featuring Jane Weems on Drums, Sothira on bass, Matt Borusso on guitar, and Christopher Douglas on vocals.Crucifix was founded in 1980 and fronted by Cambodian-born singer Sothira Pheng, whose family had fled the country when the brutal Khmer Rouge seized power.The band's self-titled EP debuted on Universal Records of Berkeley in '81 and was followed by the ""nineteen eighty-four"" single on the band's own Freak Records in 1982.