Free songs in mp3 format, lyrics, history, and more stuff to come...   check out two of "the Vee Gates" on stage in Montreal to start off this zany musical tour of the Vee Gates' dodgy recording history!

Pete Forrest on guitar & François Dubeau on the Rickenbacker bass (Montréal, Québec).  Check that Marilyn Monroe motif on the guitar!  These guys should get a life! lol

Chronological Recording History (1985-1988) 
 

The 1985 London, Ontario "The Game is afoot" 3 song demo tape has just been converted from the original studio reel to reel (dated Feb. 26, 1985).   This "off the floor" demo was engineered by Rob Nation at Emac Studios in London, Ontario.   Many thanks goes out to David Cain of SoundMaster Studios of Ottawa Canada for artfully rescuing the original, almost 20-year old Ampex reel to reel on November 22, 2004.

Pete Forrest: guitar, vocals
Jon Cash: bass
Trent Rogers: drums

• A Woman Walking Among the Ruins

• Halfway There

• When I'm Ready

London, Ontario (1986) WhatWave magazine compilation used our song "Halfway There" in their compilation tape:

• WhatWave Volume 10: Wave from the Grave  (look for the song "Halfway There")

Montréal, Québec (July 1986) - 4-track demo (9 "live" songs) recorded after only two practices in Montreal with the new drummer, François Dubeau at the "Hole-in-the-Wall" practice shack up on Iberville:

Pete Forrest: guitar, vocals
Jon Cash: bass
François Dubeau: drums, production

• Mystery Girl
• Valley of Fear
• The Blues Song
• Among the Ruins
• Diamonds in Her Eyes
• We all live in this House
• The Bolsheviks
• Her Name on the Wall - a 1986 rockin' song about pre-unification Berlin
• Study in Scarlet

Montréal, Québec (July 1987-88) - 4-track songs recorded by François Dubeau as "producer":

Pete Forrest: vocals
François Dubeau: drums, guitars, bass, production

• Dorian Gray
• Southern Star
• Sign of 4
• See U in the Rain
• Tierra del Fuego
• ¡El Tango, No No No!
• Radioactive Man

More miscellaneous songs from Montréal (1988):

• Girl from another World

LIVE Songs recorded in Montréal clubs (1988):

Pete Forrest: vocals, guitar
François Dubeau: bass
Dan Schwartz: drums

• Dark Side of Paris
• Lenore
• My Corrupted Love
• The Russian Song

Unfinished songs:

• Castles in Spain

Last 4-track song ever recorded:

• One Russian Winter

Songs never recorded:

• Well of Souls
• Drink the Wine
• Let it Pass Her By
• Once a Day
• Victories in Vain
• The Cat's Eyes
• The Cowboy Song
• Man in the Crowd
• Baby's Gone to Heaven
• KGB Opera
• Pink to Blue
• Reggae Mortis
• Red and Black
• Spanish Girl
• Song Without a Name
• Too Fast to Last
• This World
• Under and Over
• Vanity Faire