Variant Cause was first formed in 1985. We were not new to the scene, Mark
and I had been playing in original groups for six years -- starting with Sweet
Madness in Spokane -- and Greg had been playing
with us for three years, in Next Exit and Koo Dot Tah and other side trips.
We had already been working on a new sound for the last few years and were really
starting to bring it all together. We were trying to retain rock & roll roots but
twist it up and try and take it to a new place.
Now our goal was to reel in our side projects and to focus on the live band and
that sound: Variant Cause.
After changing our name to Variant Cause
and finding our new bass player, we set to work. With Ryco worked in and a strong set
of songs worked up, we were ready to
jump back into gigging.
We managed to retain quite a bit of the local draw we'd built up in our
previous band, and we started working
towards the weekend gigs while writing
and recording new material. At that time there were very few all-ages venue.
This was one of those short-lived venues in the
shadow of the Space Needle. I think this is the first live gig using the name Variant Cause.
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