Signed production deal

In November 1992, Brian Vander Ark of the band Johnny with an Eye signed a production deal with producer/engineer Thomas Jansen, owner of Station C Studios Inc. After Jansen produced, recorded and mixed all Johnny with an Eye tracks, Jansen was looking for a little more from the band. During this same period of time, Jansen was courting Don Brown’s Water for the Pool band to come over and record the rest of their album at Station C Studios. Jon Frazer was then given the job of engineering the rest of their album project. In a conversation with Vander Ark, Jansen advised Vander Ark to call Brown to join the band with one guitar member of Water for the Pool. Frazer then engineered Brown’s drums and vocals, and Stout’s guitars and vocals, on Johnny with an Eye songs, and Vander Arks’s guitar and vocals on Water for the Pool songs. Frazer also did the mixing and the new band, The Verve Pipe, released their first album, I’ve Suffered a Head Injury . The original ten-song version of the CD is no longer available. A seven-song version, without the original recording of “The Freshmen”, was later released as an EP . The band, known for its energetic live performances, built strong followings during its early years, especially in the college towns of Kalamazoo, Mt. Pleasant, and East Lansing.