We play live mostly in the UK and prefer to do one off shows.

It opens us to a world wide audience, but also to world wide compertition

Yes

Formed Jan 1994 By Matthew North (Guitar) and Andy Racher (Vocals) as the main core of the band with other musicians added for live work.
Played live for first time (about 4 weeks after forming) supporting Melody Maker cover stars S*M*A*S*H not long after appeared on BBC radio and released first demo Closedown to great reviews. Played many great shows inc supports to Tim Brichenno’s XC-NN and recorded and released first CD single Jessica all copies sold out very quickly through German distributor Ossia. Played the first Whitby Gothic Weekend and spent the rest of the year touring with bands such as Inkubus Sukkubus and Nosferatu as well as the bands London Début at the Marquee Club. All Living Fear also appeared for the first time on a compilation CD When The Sun Settles Vol 2 and the band go on to appearing on over 10 compilation albums.

1995 band recorded debut album The Widows Blame (Co mixed by Tim Chandler from Manuskript) and played first Headline UK tour as well as opening up for bands like Dream Disciples, Children On Stun, James Rays Gangwar & Garden of Delight. One show at the Borderline in London was filmed and released on video. The What Sweet Music compilation with the ALF song Crimson is a hit in the clubs.

1996 more touring inc headlining Rock City in Nottingham and performing at the Camden Palace where the video for Stranger To None was filmed. The album Minimum Resistance was released almost a year after widows and became the bands fastest selling CD of all. The band played a few live dates with the recently reformed Theatre Of Hate as well as an autumn headline tour.

1997 Yet more touring inc a massive 9 dates on the trot inc the bands first trip to Scotland in may of that year. The band started to hit a brick wall and mid way through the bands autumn tour the band broke up with Andy leaving.

1998 – 2000 Andy is replaced by Paul Roe, ALF tour with the Dream Disciples and Play the Whitby Gothic Weekend as Main support to Faith and the Muse the show was one of the most successful of the band career. Into The Light is released and the band go on tour but suffer a tragedy with the band having a break in to their van half way through and the band make a conscious decision not to tour as much. In 2000 both agree to knock ALF on the head and Matthew and Paul form a new band called Corrosion who are doing rather well at the moment.

2001 – Now Matthew and Andy re form All Living Fear and play many one off shows round the UK and in 2003 release the Album Home Too Soon regarded by many as the bands finest work, they band Open up for Wayne Hussey at the Whitby festival and Play as main support to a capacity packed gig with the Damned and play a tour support to All About Eve. Now the band are working on a new album.

Influences The Mission, All About eve, Balaam and the Angel, The Cure, Duran Duran, Claytown Troupe, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd

The Camden Palace London

Guitars, Synths, Marshall, Korg A3, Charvell, Drum Machines