Natural around 1954 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Easter was deeply involved within music from either an early age. He played around the total of school elastic, occasionally of the two by having his childhood friend Chris Stamey. Them finally formed The Sneakers, who freed the total of singles & an album in the late 1970s. Stamey & fellow bandmate Will Rigby eventually formed The dB's and moved to New York. Easter did also, however shortly returned to Winston-Salem to install Cause-Inside Studio around his parents' his pickup.

Cause-Around Studio became an integral section of the local indie-rock scene, recording the total of elastic at knock-powerful rates. It was at this period that Easter formed Let's Active with then-girlfriend Faye Hunter and drummer Sara Romweber. Around a equivalent instance, Easter worked sustaining R.E.M. to record their debut lone Radio Absolutely free! Europe. This initial function led to a total of collaborations by having the b&, by using Easter producing their debut EP and (by using Don Dixon) their first both albums. Let's Active toured using R.E.M., which led to the recording locate I.R.S._Records.

Let's Active freed an EP & 3 albums prior to stock split. Easter got by so be known primarily as the producer, & worked by owning a total of creative person, occasionally of the children maybe because of his influence on the early R.E.M., Pavement included.