How was VAST started?
Jon Crosby had a rough time in high school, and he left at 15 for home study. He began to experiment with music at 16, under the name VAST. He began playing gigs as a teenager (often in bars where he was too young to drink) with another guitarist. He remarked once that he would often get booed and abused by bar patrons during the early days. He made three demos and all were rejected/ignored by major label companies. Crosby was considering releasing his first record independently when he was contacted by Josh Deutch of Elektra Records. His demo had been picked up instead of another one by accident by a secretary and sent to Elektra, where Deutch heard it and signed him immediately. Essentially, Elektra discovered VAST by accident.
