After The Fire were formed in the UK in 1972 by keyboard player Peter Banks, Andy Piercy (guitar, bass), Ivor Twidell (drums) and John Russell (guitar). The market was responsive to UK adult-orientated rock during the early 70s but the band's mixture of "pomp Christian pop" was slow to break through. They eventually secured a contract following the release of their debut album on their own label. CBS Records invested in them and they were rewarded with a UK Top 40 hit, "One Rule For You", in 1979. The accompanying album, although polished, sold only to the converted. The band's subsequent recordings were minor hits until the unexpected major success of "Der Kommissar". Originally recorded by Falco in his native Germany, After The Fire's version went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, and made the US Top 5. However, by the time it charted, the group had already broken up, frustrated by record company indecision and the Christian ethos that "made things worse, as we couldn't have a good old swearing and slanging match." Banks built his own studio before becoming managing director of Maldon Computer Company, a software and networking enterprise. Twidell released three Christian rock solo albums, Waiting For The Sun (1981), Secret Service (1981) and Duel (1983), after leaving the group following the debut album. He then became a member of the Bedfordshire police force. Russell was last sighted working in a hi-fi shop. Piercy retained the rights to the name, although it was now abbreviated to ATF. Still a practising Christian, after submitting an unreleased solo album for CBS he went on to do production work for the Truth, T'Pau (when they were known as Talking America) and Gary Numan. (Source : VH1)

Night Is Still Falling

Lord I'm at a loss to explain
Why we're running before you
Living our lives in sorrow and pain
And still we choose to ignore you
And our hearts they grow colder
Guess we'll never learn
Night is still falling
The signs are up, but no one can read
Not even our top men
Wheels they turn, they're gathering speed
And no one can stop them
But our eyes they grow darker
As the light starts to fade
Night is still falling

Listen now, the voice you can hear
Do you think you can place it
Does it fill you with joy or fill you with fear
But you've still got to face it
All the kids are turning
But there's nowhere to run
Night is still falling

Empty words are all that we speak
When we say we don't need you
Thinking we're strong we make ourselves weak
But it's always what we do
But our hearts they grow harder
Guess that we'll never learn
Night is still falling

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