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Encouraged by the attention and airplay of the KsK demo recording, Sebasstian began the task of putting together a live band to bring these recordings onto the stages of Seattle. He found drummer Mike Ditmore from an add in ''[[The Rocket (newspaper)|The Rocket]]'', a once popular Seattle musicians resource and classified monthly. They were soon joined by Avette Avery on keyboards and backing vocals. Their first show was an art gallery opening at the Art/Not Terminal. As luck would have it, ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' was at the event doing a feature article on the gallery and thus the band's very first gig garnished them a bit of local publicity. The band decided rather than re-recording their demo they would concentrate on making a music video. Enlisting the help of Ditmore's long time friend, director Sylvia Szabo, KsK made their first music video for the song "Follow Me". Shot entirely on ___location in 16 mm black & white film, this highly controversial and artistic video made the rounds on the international gothic-industrial club circuits and was even banned for commercial airplay in Canada due to its "adult graphic content." Soon after the videos release, Avery left the band. The core of Kill Switch...Klick remained Sebasstian and Ditmore for nearly five years after.
The next year Sebasstian got a phone call from Chris Massey and Robert Riscassi of the Seattle [[grindcore]] band And Christ Wept. They were looking for other like-minded bands to play area shows with. Riscassi mentioned another Seattle band who might be interested in gigging called [[Noise Box]]. Sebasstian immediately called 'Dre of said band and after a few minutes on the phone they all decided to have a meeting at the Puss Puss Cafe in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. This meeting became the foundation for the N.E.C. or [[Northwest Elektro-Industrial Coalition]]. Over 30 musicians showed up in 10 different projects. These included Kill Switch...Klick, [[Noise Box]], And Christ Wept, [[SMP (band)|SMP]], [[Terminal (American band)|Terminal]], The Same, [[Sex WIth Sarah]] and many others. The purpose of the N.E.C. and its monthly meetings was to help promote electronic music in the Northwest by giving similar influenced artists a network of bands to play shows with. This was right in the middle of the Grunge explosion and electronic music was still not very popular in the Seattle area. The N.E.C. was a huge success with national articles written in ''[[Keyboard Magazine]]'', ''[[Industrialnation]]'' and ''Axcess'' magazines as well as regular club showcases of N.E.C. bands at well-known clubs like The Weathered Wall and Coulorbox.<ref>{{Citation
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