Who is Claude Pate?

Claude Pate is the name of a band that existed in the early 1980’s. It started out as two guys (drummer and guitar player) that wanted to just jam on some songs for fun. This was done between the elevators on the seventh floor of Knapp Hall, a dormitory on the campus of Iowa State University. Long story short, Claude Pate found a bass player, which resulted in Claude Pate Version 1.0. After a short year the bass player had to leave school and a search was on for another bass player. The drummer recruited his best friend from high school to play bass. Then the result was Claude Pate Version 2.0. Then the drummer (for which the author of the FAQ does not remember) needed to leave the band. Which resulted in finding a drummer that was a music major. The result was Claude Pate Version 3.0. It was this version that the band started to tour and make records under the independent record label, Pravda Records. Version 3.0 existed for a couple of years, then folded and the members went their separate ways. The members of Version 2.0 and 3.0 remain friends and keep in touch through email, this website and the occasional phone call.