Music for People by VAST

Music for People, the second album from VAST, came out on Elektra on September 12, 2000. VAST (it stands for Visual Audio Sensory Theater, the title of the debut) is really Jon Crosby's baby, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who started it in Petaluma, California, in 1996, and here his ambient electro-rock comes on big and heavy, with acoustic guitar tangled up in electronic processing, industrial grit, pounding drums and a bottom end that shakes the floor.

"Free" was the one that connected, picking up serious play on MTV, but it was the only single from the album that really took off. With sales disappointing and the two sides at odds over where the band should go next, VAST and Elektra split, making this the last record Crosby made for the label.

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