Alliance - Before Our Eyes

It is possible, maybe even likely that only keen-eared archaeologists of rock and those driven to dig deeper into the record racks will know of the great melodic hard rock band, Alliance. It would be news to some that their near thirty-year collaboration has previously yielded six highly regarded studio albums and that their almost secretively rare live shows could be counted on a single hand. Their new release, Before Our Eyes their first on the Frontiers label , the first in several years following Bond of Union (1996), Alliance (1997), Missing Piece (1999), Destination Known (2007), Road to Heaven (2008) and Fire and Grace (2018) marks their 7th offering. You would be wrong to assume that the semi-occasional nature of their efforts indicates a lack of commitment or waning passion.
For the new album, the core of the band remains the same with guitarist Gary Pihl (Boston), drummer Mr. David Lauser (Sammy Hagar) and bassist Robert Berry (3, GTR). After Sammy Hagar stopped his solo career to join Van Halen, his drummer David Lauser, along with guitarist Gary Pihl still longed for the allusive missing pieces for a new project outside of their main gigs. Early in 1993, Robert Berry received a call from Lauser. They agreed to try and reached out to keyboardist Alan (Fitz) Fitzgerald (ex-Night Ranger). They gathered together at Hagar's studio in Mill Valley and worked through songs from their demos. According to a witness, “there was an immediate connection. Everybody in the room could feel it. The vibe was powerful and inspiring”. They immediately recognized the common thread that would feed their creativity.