Gothic Theatre

VAST

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Vast is one man and one man only, Jon Crosby. Crosby grew up in Humboldt County, California, and at the age of 13, was profiled as a promising guitarist in Guitar Player magazine. He was nearly signed to the guitar-based label Shrapnel, but decided to turn it down to hone his songwriting chops. Jon soon left high school to do home study, and set out to form a band to perform some demos he’s recorded all by himself, under the name VAST. Although he was able to play shows, the band was a revolving door of members, with Crosby still recording demos by himself all the while. The music was original, as it encompassed elements of industrial/alternative and ambient, with unpredictable samples added. One such demo started to get some heavy airplay on a local station, which led to a fierce major label bidding war. VAST was eventually signed to release; auditions for a backing band for a subsequent tour were under way. Two years later, Jon hooked up with producer Blumpy to release Music For People.Today on the eve of his third record release Vast is known to be one of the biggest underground acts in the world.