ALT was a one-off

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, featuring former

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frontman

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singer/songwriter Andy White and the frontman of the Irish band

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, that recorded and played together in 1995. The band's name was created out of the letters of their first names. They released two

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s. The first was the studio album ''Altitude'', was recorded in Periscope Studios in

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. It had thirteen tracks, and it included references and influences to the musical and cultural traditions in which the participants grew up. The second was ''Bootleg'', a live recording from The Continental in

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, Australia. Both albums were recorded and released in 1994–1995. They toured briefly around Europe after the album was released. Finn re-recorded an ALT song as the title track and first song for his 2001 EP, '' What You've Done''. The ALT version is the second track of that EP. Finn also included his new take on the song in the '' Feeding the Gods'' album the same year. In 2004, Ó Maonlaí joined Finn on stage in

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, during a

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concert, and they performed one of the ALT songs. The three have worked together on each other's solo projects from time to time.

Discography

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