The Atlantic Years part 1:
I thought that writing the history for my time in VR would be a piece of cake. For the most part, the Soldiers and Digital era sections were not to difficult. But as I worked my way up to 1989 and landing our deal with Atlantic Records, I seemed to have hit a brick wall. I just looked at the last segment of the Digital era and realized that I wrote it months ago! I had not done any of the band history since then, instead using the time to scan pictures and add them to the galleries, add new press, and work on the Carl Tribute and other parts of the site. All of these things were needed anyway, but I do feel that I have been avoiding the inevitable... OK, so you may say what's the big deal Dave...just type away! Well, it's not that easy. I take this site very seriously, and I am responsible for its content and overall makeup. Even though the Atlantic era was the most recent time for me in VR, that does not make it any easier to write. Let me try to explain... The years 1989 to 1993 were four very busy, intense, chaotic, wonderful, rewarding, painful, and crazy days. I'm sure I left out many possible adjectives, but I think you get the point. In those four years we went from the tremendous highs of getting signed to a big label deal (1989) touring the world, making MTV video's and having a blast..... to crashing and burning out (92-93) with infighting, finger pointing, drug abuse, stupid decision making, chaos and the like. We lost site of who we were and what we were all about (like in the early days).
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