Nemesis, Polymorf Stel, Legend of the Midnight Ace...
Playing in a band, or several bands. Maybe this was something to occupy my weekends while I was in high school or maybe it was something to do to be cool. Either way there were a couple of bands I played in that involved me and my brother, Kendal. Nemesis was the first band that included Griff Townshend on lead guitar, various bass players including Tim Ackerman, Steve Ott, Tim Krapf, and I would also fill in from time to time. The drumming duties went to my brother, Eric Seitz, and Tim Harrell, my duties also included lead vocals and Kendal played guitar. This band lasted only a period of 6 months before forming another band with a drummer by the name of Jason Wert, Steve Ott on bass, Kendal on vocals and guitar and I played keyboards. The name of our band was Polymorf Stel and we ended up playing one gig with this lineup for our high school's Spring Celebration. After this performance we decided to look for a new drummer and Tim Harrell was chosen. From there, the rest of the band history branches off.
What was interesting about the new lineup of Polymorf Stel was our entry into the local Star Search competition in the spring of 1987. We won first place in the band category and were called back to play a 2nd round for the competition. It was rather exciting but it ended up being the last time in a long time that I would play in that type of setting until 2001. Kendal went on into a rich history of playing in bands and singing lead vocals for such local favorites as This Mistress, Handly Paige, Titanium, and eventually Veritas. Veritas was also a band that I played in for about a month before I decided the road they were taking wasn't for me. I have never had any interest in playing Heavy Metal music. Although it's the type of stuff that gets a crowd pumped up and it is such a high to get off on that type of energy, the music just wasn't for me. Kendal went his way, I went my way.
And I did it MY WAY!
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