The video for “It’s Good to be Free” was filmed in August 1988 by a friend of the band, under the east end portion of the Metropolitaine Highway (Autoroute 40), in Saint-Leonard. Joey Picolo came in just in time to shoot a music video for their first single. Steph went back to Kitts with a new ad, looking for a drummer. Sometime in July 1988, Steve left the band for reasons still undiscovered. Unmarked’s rehearsal space, Bob’s basement, circa September 1987. The show was notable as having two of the band member’s girlfriends joining them on stage to provide backup vocals. This time the band played all eleven original songs from both recorded demos, covers of U2’s “I Will Follow”, Billy Idol’s “Mony Mony”, INXS’s “Devil Inside” and finished with a two song encore. The show was again filmed on VHS and taped from the soundboard by Peter Molloy, who still worked at L’Intro. Alter-Ego played their second show (their first under the new band name), on July 2nd 1988, also at L’Intro. The seven songs were dubbed as “Demo 2” on approximately 100 more tapes. Steve chose once again to track his drums with a drum machine. This time they recorded in their rehearsal room, Bob’s basement. They were writing so many songs that by June of 1988 they were ready to record a second demo. The layout for the tape was designed by Steph who was able to use an Apple computer at Joe’s work, as he worked at a licensed Apple store (before Apple Stores existed). The band logo was designed by Laurent O’Brien, who was friends with Joe. “Demo 1” was dubbed on roughly 100 copies and distributed to fans and friends of the band. Even though Steve played drums live, he decided to use a drum machine on the recordings to be tighter. In March, through Steph’s family connections, they recorded their first four song demo at Luba’s private home studio. In February 1988 they found out about another band named Unmarked in the United States and changed their name to Alter-Ego, a name Joe came up with. The show was filmed on VHS and taped from the soundboard by Peter Molloy, who worked at L’Intro. Goode”, the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” and U2’s “I Will Follow”, nine originals (two of which were never recorded, “Freeze Where You Are” and “So Many Tears”) and finishing off with a five-song encore by fan demand. Unmarked played for an hour and a half, which included covers of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. The venue was quickly becoming a staple for local alternative, new wave and even metal bands. On January 30th 1988, Unmarked played their first show at L’Intro on Jean-Talon Street in Montreal. L to R: Stephane Fania, Steve Bolduc, Robert Kourie (bottom), Joseph Tufenkdjian, Italo Falcone. In came Italo Falcone and the band was complete. In the early September of 1987, Steph put an ad at local music store Kitts Music, looking for a keyboard player. Song writing was very productive and multiple songs were written every month, as Bob and Joe were song-writing machines. After playing a small party show as a three piece that summer, they recruited Joseph Tufenkdjian on vocals and guitar. Stephane Bolduc (known as Steve Bolduc) came in on drums very quickly. It was in the summer of 1987 that Steph starting playing bass and it is with this idea that they posted an add in The Gazette newspaper, looking for a drummer and signer. In the next year and a half they played in two bands together, one was a progressive metal band, the other an alternative rock female-fronted band.
Bob played guitar, Steph played keyboards. Stephane Fania and Robert Kourie met each other in 1986 at CEGEP (College) St. Alter-Ego logo designed by Laurent O’Brien, 1988
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