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Zurich (a.k.a. Wil Arndt) writes everything, sings everything, records everything and plays some of the instruments. Control freak? Renaissance man? Too much time? -Not really. -Maybe. -I wish.

The Live Act (R.I.P. 1997):

James Wallace is a Tennessee boy who loved to wield the mighty axes of the gods, Mesa Boogie and Ibanez..

Paul Schneider was an ex-Flock of Seagulls tour musician (I'm freakin' serious, yo) who decided to lose the hair and pick up the big guitar with the four fat strings. I prefer to call them PHAT strings, cause they are, yo..

Bobby Rae Mayhem was the insane animal who pounded the wickedness into the drums, and inspires many a C-Spin song even today. His pedigree included drum work for Wil's all-time-most-favorite band, Killing Joke.

Nathan Morris is a programmer for some pharmaceutical company. Used to make C-Spin cool with the goth crowd, through the simple grace of his dark presence. And keyboards. And bass, before Paul..

Brian Reed. Tender. Loving. Too damn good for this world. And a fine drummer, too..

Some guy named Mike. Man, I guess the drummer curse is true. C-Spin was a revolving door of stick boys. Mike is now a youth pastor, I think. That, or perhaps a bookie..

Dropping out of university in 1994, Wil Arndt (a.k.a Zurich) forms the Colossal Spin music Project Extravagant Experience (or, C-S-PEE) in Philadelphia. Fat cats figured heavily in the early band art. Seriously -- cats, like the mammal -- really fat ones. After putting together an industrial tape demo of 10 or so songs, which got nice indie recognition from the starving Philly underground scene, Wil hooks up with James Wallace, Nathan Morris and some guy named Mike and starts playing the stuff live to a tight fan base of about five people. Well, six, if you included James' ex-wife.

Playing in clubs and on campuses in the NYC and Philly area got old fast, so CSpin fired their manager (who was a heavy toker porn star anyway) and Wil got busy crafting a stellar four-song CD. Before the CD was even pressed, the band gets a spec deal from a major studio (who's out of business now -- not our fault! Not our fault!) and begins seriously courting A&R scum from mainstream labels. The rotating door of the live band lets in (and out) Paul Schneider, Bobby Rae Mayhem, Brian Reed, and some others (because, you know, we're so pro now).

Meanwhile, Wil is independently recording and producing local bands of various skill levels, sometimes pulling water from a stone, but mostly screwing up the natural sound of really talented people. (Sorry about that, Rainchildren!). Wil implodes the band in 1997 when he moves to Vancouver, Canada, to escape getting drafted into a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band (and to finally wrap up school in art, or design, or something). Needless to say, the finger was given by CSpin to the music industry (or was it the other way around?). Good timing, too, because suddenly good music is "out" and Spice Girls are "in". Spice Girls. For God's sake...

Musically, Wil then focuses on incestuously remixing his own stuff for his own label, Genetic Groovemonger Music, and releases tracks on compilations. The internet comes around, CSpin sells lots of "songs" online and crawls up indie charts.

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