Five studio albums and one live album were released by The Almighty during this time, which were well received by rock fans throughout the UK and in Europe. The band also later toured as headliners in their own right. The early 1990s saw The Almighty tour extensively throughout the UK and Europe as support to major rock acts such as Motörhead, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden and Metallica. Although all four founding members had a strong background in punk rock music, The Almighty took a more heavy metal/ hard rock orientated musical direction. Warwick was the lead vocalist and played guitar in various formats of the band. Warwick then left New Model Army and formed The Almighty in 1988 with guitarist Andy 'Tantrum' McCafferty and Warwick's former school-friends, drummer Stump Monroe and bass guitarist Floyd London. He states that he learnt a great deal about songwriting and stagecraft during his time with the band. Warwick got his first break in the late 1980s, when he was invited to join New Model Army as a rhythm guitarist on their The Ghost of Cain album world tour. It was at his new school in Scotland that Warwick first met his future bandmates Stump Monroe and Floyd London. He later reminisced that "Those artists gave me a voice", adding that ".when no one would listen to a fourteen year old boy, they gave me something important to say." A year after, he moved with his family to Strathaven in Scotland. Warwick quickly migrated to the music of more harder-edged acts such as Motörhead, MC5, Stiff Little Fingers and The Clash. He was soon playing along to songs by various rock and country acts such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Warwick was born in Newtownards, County Down, where he spent his formative years and got his first guitar at 14 years old.
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