Three of the founding members, Ricky Warwick, Stump Monroe and Floyd London were friends who met at school.Although the band members musical roots were in punk, The Almighty adopted a more heavy metalhard rock oriented musical direction in their early years.Later albums saw the bands musical style move towards the band members original punk roots.
Despite the band members largely punk rock roots, The Almighty followed a more heavy metal hard rock oriented musical direction, 2 and recorded an eight-track demo to help promote their early gigs. In the same year they were voted in third place on the Kerrang readers poll for Best New Act. He was replaced by Canadian Pete Friesen 13 who had previously played for Alice Cooper, 2 and had met The Almighty when they played support for him the previous year. In the spring the band were invited to tour Australia in support of The Screaming Jets, who had just released their Living in England EP and wanted a British band for the support on their tour. That summer the band were the opening act at the Donington Monsters of Rock festival, and during their set played a new song entitled Addiction. Towards the end of the year they began preparing material for a third album. At the same time they left Polydor and signed with Chrysalis. They were able to perform some replacement UK shows the same month, but were not able to tour Europe as planned. The album saw The Almightys musical style shift towards the band members original punk roots. They appeared on Top of the Pops in support of the first single, Wrench, which reached Number 26 in the UK singles chart. In the autumn they toured the UK in support of the album and spent seven weeks in Europe supporting Pantera. The band returned to tour Europe as headliners in early 1995. In May they recorded four tracks for a proposed EP. However, the band decided that the tracks were good enough to form the basis for a fifth album. They therefore decided to arrange two more recording sessions during 1995, recording four tracks each time, so that they would have enough for an album release in 1996. A second album followed in 2001, Psycho-Narco, with a new bass player Gav Gray who replaced longtime bassist Floyd London. The band disbanded again with vocalist Ricky Warwick pursuing a solo career. Im inspired again though, and I feel to me it might be time to turn round and make that definitive Almighty Album. Ricky Warwick commented about any possible future reunion, saying I certainly would be open to the idea of doing a few shows. I would like to play them one day again because life is short and you just get one shot at it. The Almighty. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Almighty - Biography. AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2014. Is it all about sex. Kerrang. p. 9. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. The Almighty. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Live Review: The Almighty, The Marquee, 9th March, 1990. Riff Raff. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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