Pre-1994
In 1990 Allegiance formed with Dave Harrison, Tony Campo, Conrad Higson, John Mihos & Steve Hidden as the original line-up. Their music was much heavier than anything around at the time and after doing as many shows as they could, they built up a loyal local following. After a few months of touring, the line-up wasn't working out so a few changes were made. Conrad, who originally was the drummer switched to lead vocals replacing John Mihos, Glenn Butcher replaced Dave Barry on drums and Jason Stone replaced Steve Hidden on guitar. This line-up remained the same until the band's demise. The band's first award came at the West Australian Music Industry Awards where the band won the public choice award for 'Most Popular New Band'.
In 1991 they headed into a small studio to record a demo with $250 that they had saved up from live shows. Make The Pledge was released in October and although it was rough, the straight forward thrash metal sound helped it go on to sell 2000 copies. The next month Allegiance won one the 'Most Popular' band award at the local WA music industry awards.
In February 1992, Allegiance played at the annual 'Bindoon Rock' outdoor concert festival for the first time to a crowd of 10 000 people. In March, they released their second demo 'Torn Between Two Worlds'. The recording featured improved production and song writing, which demonstrated the bands progress. This demo went on to sell over 3500 copies, won the 1992 local industry award for most popular WA cassette and praised as one of the most impressive demo tapes of 1992 by many major magazines, fanzines and radio shows as widely as places like Japan, Argentina, Poland, Greece, Lithuania, Germany, Canada, USA and the UK. In July Allegiance won the state final of the 'Yamaha Rock' competition and flew to Melbourne to represent WA in the Australian final. They competed against 7 other top unsigned acts and won the competition. The event was broadcast nationally on MTV. The band headed to ABC studios in August to put together a few demo tracks. 5 songs were recorded live in the studio in one take with very few overdubs. These songs were released as a demo in October entitled Studio Live. It was limited to 500 copies, sold out in one day and is now a highly sought after collectors item. In September, Allegiance performed a powerful show at the 'Australian Metalfest' at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney with the track 'Twisted Minds' featured on the CD sampler. Reviews stated Allegiance to be the most impressive bands on the bill which helped to establish their reputation as a formidable live act outside their home state. At the end of the year, some of their tracks were selected for inclusion on the Def Records Australia Metal compilation and local talent showcase The Western Front compilation CD’s. Allegiance was voted the 9th best Australian band and 5th best new band in Hot Metal Magazine's annual readers poll. The band once again ended the year by winning the most popular band award at the '92 WAMI awards.
In 1993, Allegiance continued their upward spiral with yet more touring including a second appearance at the annual 'Bindoon Rock' festival, performing in front of 15,000 people at the national Big Day Out Festival as well as touring nationally with big name artists such as Kreator and Fear Factory which furthered their reputation as Australia's leading heavy metal band. Allegiance also had tracks included on the Roadrunner records Australasian compilation RedRum and Studio 52's While My Guitar Gently Kills Your Mother and Polygram heavy metal promotional cassette. Legendary Judas Priest front man Rob Halford took a keen interest in the band with statements in the international metal press claiming Allegiance to be a dynamite band. His management company EMAS were managing the band helping increase international exposure.
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