All Living Fear

All Living Fear
Origin	Southwest England
Genres	alternative rock, post-punk
Years active	1992–2000 2001–present
Labels	Dangernoise
Associated acts	Arthur Brown Corrosion, Secrets For September
Website	http://www.alllivingfear.co.uk
Members	Matthew North Andrew Racher
Past members	Michael Soundy Paul Roe Niall Parker Nevla Steven Howson Caroline Jago Michael Webb Steve Takle Ant Whitehouse Steve Williams

All Living Fear were an English Gothic rock band from the South West of England. The band was formed in 1992 by Matthew North and the core of the band was sealed in 1994 with the arrival of vocalist Andrew Racher.

The band were prolific in the mid-1990s British gothic scene and gained a large underground following: their debut single, "Jessica", sold out of its first pressing in just a few weeks Kerrang! magazine's review comparing Racher’s vocals to Dave Vanian of The Damned. "Jessica" was the only release to have a drummer (John Macklin, from the progressive rock band Legend) and to be produced by Steve Paine (also from Legend).

All Living Fear were described by Mick Mercer in his Hex files book as "The hardest working band in this section" (ref UK Bands)

All Living Fear toured extensively in the UK, picking up support slots with major UK goth bands including Nosferatu, Inkubus Sukkubus, James Ray's Gangwar, Spear of Destiny and Flipper. All Living Fear played the first ever Whitby Gothic Weekend and have played it several times since.

The band's first album, The Widow's Blame, had a two-page review in Sound on Sound magazine. This album and its follow-up, Minimum Resistance, both sold out of their initial pressings and subsequent pressings were released through Resurrection Records.

Racher left in 1998 and was replaced by Paul Roe, under whose influence the band took a more rock-orientated direction. A third album, Into the Light, was released before the band split, with North and Roe going on to form Corrosion. In 2001 Racher and North reformed All Living Fear and released a fourth album, Home Too Soon, which they promoted with support slots for Wayne Hussey, The Damned and All About Eve.

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