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Oldham, England, UK (1985 – present)

Dare is a hard rock band from Oldham, England, UK, fronted by Thin Lizzy keyboard player Darren Wharton. They formed in 1985, and have released seven albums to date, including the #48 UK single Blood from Stone.

The band have had four appearances in the UK Singles Chart. These include The Raindance (#62, 1989), Abandon (#71, 1989), We Don’t Need a Reason (#52, 1991) and Real Love (#67, 1991).

British AOR band formed in 1985 by frontman Darren Wharton, formerly keyboard player for Thin Lizzy. Their debut album in 1988 Out Of The Silence is considered a true classic from every AOR fan around the world. In 1991 they released Blood From Stone a much heavier hard rock album which is also classic for its genre although it didn’t have a great success. After seven years of silence Dare changed their line up , Darren Wharton decided to start producing Dare’s albums in his own studio from this point on. In 1998 Calm Before The Storm was released with a new sound of unique classic rock with balanced electric and acoustic gutitars and a multilayered production . In 2001 their next album Belief was released with a major change in the band’s sound into more atmospheric classic rock along with celtic inlfluences . Dare established a really unique and trademark sound along with very emotional lyrics . In 2004 Dare released [Album artist=Dare]Beneath the Shining Wate[/album]” with a darkier and more sentimental laid back sound than Belief which was followed by a live DVD release Power of Nature: Live in Munich.
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  • nickymox

    Ashamed to say I've only just discovered this band, the song "Belief" is one hot ballad,awesome.

    16 days ago

  • Melodicrocker62

    fantastic Band...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • CidaDuarteF

    Great Band!!!!!!!!

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  • adrianus567

    I have this gigantic Band somewhere on one of my 180 Revox reels, will find it kept a close administration, what along time having done without, Great Music...

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  • bristleposh

    I saw this band in the eighties, I didn't know until watching Jonathon Ross show that a member of the band was Professor Fox who went on to play in D-Ream.

    January 2012

  • TheNoisyRobot

    Fantastic the album Out of Silence is perfect...I love every song!

    September 2011

  • jpyax

    Una de las mejores bandas AOR que he escuchado : Adoro esta banda Dare :D

    September 2011

  • motleyfucking

    Very very good!

    July 2011
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DARE New double album release in USA

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