Once a few shows that were previously booked as Excessive were completed, the band changed their name to Crease and started writing all new material.

With new songwriting blood in the mix, it was agreed that the foursome would wipe their slate clean by writing all new material and changing the name of the band.

During this time, the group entered the studio to record a 6-song demo (Spiritual Bliss,[1] Curiosity, Bored, I Don't Think So, Manhole & Face) with local producer Gary Stryder.

However, the album did garner the band a Jammy Award[2] nomination from JAM magazine for “Best Independent Release of the Year for the State for Florida”.

These albums (Stuck Like Chuck, Tastes Like A Penny & Lost In The Process) were never released to the public, but did contain some of the material that would later be included on ...Six Pack Shy Of Pretty & Vindication.

It was during this time that the group, through a mutual friend, met legendary band manager Bill Aucoin of Kiss & Billy Idol fame.

The band printed 500 copies of the EP and to save money, the CD was shipped in pieces to be assembled by the group.

Steele called the band and told them that “Frustration” has the sound that he envisioned for Zeta and wanted to put the song into a regular rotation to see what would happen.

During this time, other radio stations in Florida would add “Frustration” to their playlists and 94.9 Zeta would release Crease's cover version of “Jenny 867-5309” as the band's second single.

Crease was added to the “Zetafest” bill, four slots away from headlining the show and proved that they had what it took to entertain a crowd of 35,000 Floridians.

Crease outsold Kid Rock & Metallica, who had new CDs released at that time, in the Miami market for the next 2 weeks.

The group decided to take legal action against DM Records and wound up settling, instead of letting the matter get drawn out in court.

Dye, who was writing a column on Digidesign's (Pro Tools) website, Hard Disc Life[17] at the time, asked the band to do something that had never been done before.

Dye & Crease made available all of the tracks from one of the songs (Live To Be In Love), to give Pro-Tools enthusiasts an opportunity to practice and hone their mixing skills.