Rusty Anderson grew up in La Habra, California. At age 8, his father gave him his first electric guitar. Anderson's mother convinced him to take music lessons but after a few weeks he decided to stop formal lessons and, fueled by his passion for the likes of The Beatles, Peter Gabriel's Genesis, The Mothers of Invention, David Bowie and The Who, Rusty soon formed the rock band Eulogy at age 14. He later attended Fullerton College and played guitar on the 1983 Down Beat award winning LP, Time Tripping while in the jazz groups in the music department.
The original members of Eulogy (who were together in various forms for six years) included singer Myles Crawley, bassist Dir
k Van Tatenhove, drummer Ross Holly, and rhythm guitarist Mike Jones (who currently records as Zallen). Later ads included rhythm guitarist Bob Holmes, keyboardist Jim Hargis and drummers Mark Bustamante, Rod Mitchell, John Nyman, Jim Volpe and Chuck Billings. Eulogy won a sizable local following, playing with bands such as The Police, Van Halen, Eddie Money, The Runaways, The Ramones, Quiet Riot and The Motels. Eulogy also lent their talent to singer/songwiter/actress Ronee Blakley for the Wim Wenders film, I Played It For You, and appeared in 1980 alongside Blakley and Rene Auberjonois in episode "Sound Of Terror" of the television series Beyond Westworld. Eulogy changed their name to Movies, a move that would ultimately destroy the band.
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