It also received exposure when it was played briefly in the trailer for the movie The Beach (even though the song never made it to the actual soundtrack). The track "Touched" received considerable amounts of airplay on local radio stations before capturing the attention of a mainstream audience, when it was featured in the Dana Brown surfing film Step into Liquid. VAST released a teaser of their upcoming debut album Visual Audio Sensory Theater, titled VAST Is., which featured the first four tracks of the album. Īfter sending multiple demo tapes to nearby radio stations in his home state of California, the band got a contract with Elektra Records. Much like fellow alternative rock/industrial band Nine Inch Nails, Crosby was the only member but found a touring band who knew the songs well enough to play with him live. Crosby eventually left Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, California, to do home study and begin his own band, which he dubbed VAST. He nearly signed onto a guitar-based label Shrapnel, but turned it down to work on his budding songwriting skills. He often recorded home demos with nothing more than a guitar and a drum machine, sometimes a bass player with him as well. Growing up, Crosby spent his teen years in Humboldt County, California. 1.4 Making Evening And Night (2013–2014)Ĭrosby's musical endeavors began at the age of 13, where he was noted in Guitar Player Magazine as a promising guitarist of the future.The band's latest release is 2018's She Is Murder EP In recent years, however, VAST's sound has been more identifiable with acoustic rock in releases such as April and Me and You. Vocally similarities range from classic rock to post-grunge. VAST's sound is identifiable as ambient electro-rock with considerable industrial and acoustic influences, usually made with Crosby's traditional acoustic guitar, electronic instruments and processing, drum-driven tracks, and heavy bass. The band is signed to 2blossoms, an independent record company created by Crosby. The acronym VAST stands for Visual Audio Sensory Theater and is the main creation of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Crosby. VAST is an American alternative rock band based in Seattle, United States. Alternative rock, industrial rock, experimental rock, alternative metal