Calm
Before The Storm II is Dare's seventh studio album. Originally released ten
years ago in Europe alone, Darren Wharton has since obtained the rights. The
album has been completely re-recorded, and the new running order includes the
previously unreleased tracks ‘Precious’ and 'Cold Wind Will Blow' . It is the
album Darren always wanted to release.
Fronted
by singer/songwriter Darren Wharton (who first rose to fame in the early
eighties playing keyboards with legendary Irish rock band Thin Lizzy), DARE are
one of the most respected and innovative melodic rock bands working today,
gaining cult status among AOR fans throughout Europe, the UK and the
world.
Darren
joined Philip Lynott’s Thin Lizzy at the tender age of eighteen and enjoyed 5
great years with the band touring extensively, alongside renowned guitarist
Scott Gorham, drummer Brian Downey, guitarists Snowy White (Pink Floyd), Gary
Moore and John Sykes (Whitesnake). Working closely with Philip Lynott, Darren
also recorded classic Thin Lizzy albums, such as ‘Chinatown’, ‘Renegade’, and
‘Thunder and Lightning’ on which Wharton co-wrote 3 songs, including the hit
single ‘The Sun Goes Down’. Sadly, the latter was to be Thin Lizzy’s last studio
album, and in 1986 Darren Wharton returned to his home town of Manchester where,
as an outlet for his creative flare for song writing and working with young
Oldham guitarist Vinny Burns, he formed his own band, DARE.
Darren
re-joined Thin Lizzy two years ago and the band continues to tour extensively
around the world to rapturous fans and huge audiences. The band recently
completed a big tour of the USA and Europe with Judas Priest and recently
supported Guns ‘n’ Roses in the UK as well as scores of major festival shows.
Thin Lizzy are currently recording a brand new album and the band’s profile
remains high.
Wharton’s
style of songwriting - modern anthemic rock with Celtic overtones - coupled with
the bands powerful live performances throughout Europe have gained Dare cult
status on the British and European rock scenes. The band’s A&M debut album
‘Out Of The Silence’, recorded at Joni Mitchell’s Bel Air Studio Los
Angeles, and produced by Nickelback producer Mike Shipley, is still widely
regarded today as one of the all time great AOR albums.
Track
listing:
1.
Walk On The Water/ 2. Someday/ 3. Calm Before The Storm/ 4. Crown Of Thorns/ 5.
Precious /6. Silence Of Your Head/ 7. Rescue Me/ 8. Ashes/ 9. Rising Sun /10.
Cold Wind Will Blow/ 11. Deliverance
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