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@epicnorwich - Saturday October 16th

@epicnorwich - Saturday October 16th

I’M ON THE RADIO! Today on @bbc6music it’s all

I’M ON THE RADIO! Today on @bbc6music it’s all about 1991 and at roughly 3:15pm I’ll be interviewed on the @chrishawkinsdj show #1991 #oldskool #nirvana #nevermind

#TBT Greece 1993

#TBT Greece 1993

FRIDAY : LONDON @thecauselondon @jawdance.entertai

FRIDAY : LONDON @thecauselondon @jawdance.entertainment ticket link in bio

TOMORROW 22:00 - 23:00 at the Buckyham Palace stag

TOMORROW 22:00 - 23:00 at the Buckyham Palace stage @balterfestival

Altern 8 live at the Haçienda, Manchester. Wednes

Altern 8 live at the Haçienda, Manchester. Wednesday 4th December 1991.

After coming off stage, the guy who drove us round to gigs for a while sat down backstage on my mask. It was flattened, but it didn’t get thrown away.
A replacement was made and that original mask (was the first one made for the first gig at the Eclipse in Coventry) was sent off to be photographed by @peter_j_walsh_photo
The photos were used as part of the promo for
E Vapor 8 and for the record centres, but the mask picture was also used for the front cover of Full On Mask Hysteria.

30 years ago to this day, we pulled up in Shelley’s car park in the afternoon in a friends lorry. Set up a sound system on the back with our live set up and then waited for Shelley’s to open.
This had been planned between ourselves, the record company and Antony Johnson (who went on to manage Bizarre Inc).
We had a video company from Congleton come down and take footage of inside Shelley’s while the night was in full swing (all for the video of Activ 8, which was to be our new single).

15 minutes before the end of the night we headed out to the car park and got ready on the lorry, then once everyone had come out of the club we pulled back the tarpaulin on the lorry and started playing.
The whole car park gig was luckily (unbeknown to us) recorded by Dominic Green for a radio interview he wanted to offer to local radio.
He interviewed the record label boss (Neil Rushton) as well as ourselves and Andy from Bizarre Inc.

We decided to press up the interview on a spoof label Stafford North, with Frequency on the other side as a ltd edition release.

A few months later, we got Dominic in the studio to re-record a few phrases he said on the spur of the moment that night (this is the sound of Altern 8 & they’re going mad) for the next single E Vapor 8 (he didn’t show up to the video recording so we used a boglin instead and he wasn’t happy)

Anyway - 30 years ago….

What a night!

IT’S HOODIE WEATHER (link in bio)

IT’S HOODIE WEATHER (link in bio)

@shindigfestival Tutti Frutti Weekender. October 1

@shindigfestival Tutti Frutti Weekender. October 15th & 16th. At Pontins, Brean Sands.

#TBT Nexus 21 promo shot (1990) taken in the then

#TBT Nexus 21 promo shot (1990) taken in the then derelict custard factory (you can just see the rotunda through the broken window)

NEXT GIG! @balterfestival

NEXT GIG! @balterfestival

IT’S CAP WEATHER https://www.rejuvenation.me/al

IT’S CAP WEATHER

https://www.rejuvenation.me/altern8 (link also in bio)

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Altern 8 - Hard Crew (Mechanizm & Kin Remix)

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Altern 8 - Activ 8 (Come With Me) (Tommie Sunshine & Gosteffects Remix)

Altern 8 - Activ 8 (Come With Me) (Xen Mantra Remix)

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