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===Early years=== Crosby's musical endeavors began at the age of 13, where he was noted in ''[[Guitar Player Magazine]]'' as a promising [[guitarist]] of the future.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Growing up, Crosby spent his teen years in [[Humboldt County, California]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> He often recorded home demos with nothing more than a [[guitar]] and a [[drum machine]], sometimes a [[bass guitar|bass]] player with him as well. He nearly signed onto a guitar-based label Shrapnel, but turned it down to work on his budding songwriting skills. Crosby eventually left Rancho Cotate High School in [[Rohnert Park, California]], to do home study and begin his own band, which he dubbed VAST.<ref name="Larkin90"/> 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.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} After sending multiple demo tapes to nearby radio stations in his home state of California, the band got a contract with [[Elektra Records]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> 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. 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 (filmmaker)|Dana Brown]] surfing film ''[[Step into Liquid]]''. It also received exposure when it was played briefly in the trailer for the movie ''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]'' (even though the song never made it to the actual soundtrack). [[NBC]] also used it as a promo song during TV show advertisements.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} After ''Visual Audio Sensory Theater'', Elektra pressured Crosby to go back to the drawing board and craft an album that was accessible to more listeners, but still retaining the distinct sound of the last album. After two years of recording, VAST returned with 2000's ''[[Music for People (album)|Music for People]]''. The album featured a more rock-oriented sound, and benefited from major-label funding by allowing Crosby to work with the New Bombay Recording Orchestra in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title = VAST Difference|url = http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/vast-difference/Content?oid=2162677|website = Pitch|access-date = 2015-10-22|first = Scott|last = Wilson}}</ref> Turmoil was abundant during the album's recording and rehearsal process as Crosby constantly fought with record executives over the music's direction and former backup guitarist [[Rowan Robertson (Musician)|Rowan Robertson]] wishing to leave VAST to begin his own solo career. By the end of the album's recording process, Robertson had left VAST, and Crosby reluctantly moved forward with the band. ''Music for People'' provided the band with [[MTV]] airplay through their lead single "Free"'s music video, with the single charting on the [[Billboard's Hot 100]], and hitting No. 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks. The band became a relative success after ''Music for People'', but the album's poor sales and lack of a second charting single led to tension between Elektra and Crosby. In late 2002, Elektra terminated VAST's contract.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
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