The precursor to Versus X was a band called Vague Venture, which played a new wave/new romantic style and was founded in 1984 as a trio with a drum computer. This was the first band that featured Arne Schäfer on lead vocals in 1985, although he had practiced singing with his home taping experience before. One year later, Stefan Maywald joined on drums and by this time, Schäfer's influence pushed the band concept more in the progressive direction. In 1989, this finally led them to split up because of musical differences. So, Maywald started parallel work with a band called Apog...