As time went on, many things changed, but not only did the names changed, so did we - SHYNE took on a new persona, and things began to Rock n Roll... We downsized from a 5 piece band to a band of 3 which soon became our trademark.
From Left to right: Randy Ruebsamen, Mike Esquivel and Ross A. Santos
We did lots of dumb things, but we didn't do this! We found this wall behind a local Safeway grocery store and decided it would make for a kewl picture.
In early 1984, we created our first real demo tape that we hoped would open doors for us down the road. Of course, short on cash and time, we made this demo tape on a TEAC reel to reel 8 track (remember those?) in Randy's garage and then Randy and I mastered it down on a 2 track mastering cassette deck. While the quality wasn't the greatest, you could start to feel the excitement in the air and the phone started to ring. The following songs were on our 1984 demo tape.
Break Away
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Lonely Eyes
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Runner
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
To The End
*Written by Ross A. Santos.
First Love
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Lose Your Love
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Love Will Endure
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Without Form
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Of course there were many concerts, but among them were the Pizza Galley Concert series. While the name of these concerts may sounds strange to some, it really wasn't all that strange. See, in the mid 1980's, Christian coffee houses were starting to appear on the landscape, however, there weren't many places other than clubs or churches for Christian rock bands to perform. The Pizza Galley, located in Sunnyvale, CA, was one of the first places to open it's doors for such activity. I believe it would hold about 300 people, and it was often the highlight of the week to go to these concerts... These songs were recorded at the Pizza Galley in 1984.
Without Form
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Show A Little Love
Written by Randy Ruebsamen.
Something About You
Written by Randy Ruebsamen.
Hold On
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Prisoner (End)
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
To The End
*Written by Ross A. Santos.
Back To You
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Lonely Eyes
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Break Away
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Runner
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Only The Rock
Written by Randy Ruebsamen.
Our first album was recorded at a local studio in San Jose, CA. The following songs were on that album:
Don't You Know
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Lonely Eyes
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Runner
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Don't Want To Lose
Written by Randy Ruebsamen and Ross A. Santos. Special thanks to Jim Ratu on Bass.
Prisoner
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Love Will Endure
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
Break Away
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.
1984-1985 Lyrics
Written by Ross A. Santos and Randy Ruebsamen.