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| Virus was formed in 1994 by Carl Gervais, Dino Falsetti and J.C. Roy. The line-up was
finally complete when Myles Rourke was added in the
spring of 1995. The mutual dream of an
Industrial/Metal release was realized after the
recording of the first Virus demo at Sound of One
Hand Studios in October '95. Produced by Marty Jones (Furnaceface), the demo landed them a
Canada-wide/European distribution deal with Fringe
Product in Toronto. With support from John Tennant,
host of 106.9 The Bear's "Hard Attack",
Virus' 1996 debut CD "Bio Level-4" was met
with a warm welcome by local Ottawa fans, selling-out
their CD release party, the band's first live show. |
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In 1997 Virus continued to play successful shows at
home and abroad and began planning for their second
release. Songwriting for the new CD became
progressively more Industrial and less metal as the
year progressed, but still maintained a very hard
edge to it. "The
writing was very (Marilyn) Manson and Nine Inch Nails
inspired." says Myles.
"Our image had gone through a
transformation as well...we wanted the world to see
us as total freaks, more so than the fans coming to
our shows. I was wearing silver body paint, had my
hair dyed green and wore a 20 lb. chainmail shirt." |
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Early in 1998 Carl and Dino quit
the band to pursue other careers. J.C. and Myles,
determined to carry the Virus banner on, began anew
on writing for a new CD. The new CD was to be based
on the "seven deadly sins". Writing now in
a purely digital format, the "seven"
concept evolved over the year until they finally
decided that the band's name should change to reflect
it's new nature. 7X was born early in 1999 and was
planning on a fall release for the debut. This was,
sadly, also a dead-end. While writing progressed,
contact between Myles and J.C. became less and less,
until Myles eventually decided that it was in his
best interest to put full concentration into his own
"Mr. Bitterman" project.
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