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BALANCE OF POWER, based out of Brighton in Southern England, was formed by one-time HEAVEN AND EARTH guitarist Bill Yates and keyboard player Ivan Gunn, the duo forging an alliance with ex-KID WICKED men singer Tony Ritchie and drummer Lionel Hicks. A second guitarist was found in Paul Curtis, previously of LADY LUCK- a band that had also once involved Ritchie and Hicks. Bassist Chris Dale, ex-ATOM SEED, THE MACHINE and BRUCE DICKINSON band, was the last to join and Gunn was dismissed prior to recording the debut record for the AOR Heaven label, 1997's 'When The World Falls Down'. Point Music handled a German release and Japanese variants hosted the additional track 'If Ever'.

In 1997 the band would draft a new face out front in the form of American Lance King. The singer had previously operated with FREELANCE and GEMINI, issuing two albums with the latter act, a 1990 eponymous debut followed by 1992's 'Out For Blood'. King's next port of call was THE KINGS MACHINE and the resultant album 'A State Of Mind'...