Stairway began in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal era. The band gigged continuously around the UK at this time and released for Edge Records as part of a sampler compilation CD, the album 'Last Ship Home'.

Stairway recorded and released in 1993 for Edge, the CD, 'No Rest:No Mercy' Produced by Paul Hodson (Hard Rain/ Bob Catley), which hailed the bands international popularity.

The band continued to work live, and following fans requests for a new album, Stairway released, on their own label in1999,  the long awaited second album 'Bleeding Heart' which, continuing on from 'No Rest: No Mercy' gained the band an increased global fan base.

Stairway began recording their third album in 2001, and after much anticipation and expectation, 'On Hallowed Ground' was released in 2002.

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UNDER THE GUN
(Graeme Leslie)

Pray!
Rush on the time when war lords
Stand in the temple of peace,
And heed the call of the people
Dying for the waring to cease.
When hate, in the eyes of our leaders,
Blinds them to truth and the way,
No hope of Salvation offers
Us this their merciless way:
Plead we for an answer to the pain,
Seek we then, our sanctity proclaimed!

Maybe,
We will find a way,
For the madness and murder to end?
Tho' we all profess to follow
The Truth in the book He did send.
What use are words on the paper,
When truth is a knife in your back??
To we 'Jews' and we 'Gentiles' He offers
Salvation in the Name of the Cross:
Plead we for an answer to the pain;
Seek we then, our sanctity proclaimed!

We've gained no life
When we're under the gun.
Maybe we will find a place to stay
When we're under the gun.
We, we cannot find an answer
When we're living under the gun,
Life comes in the Way and Truth of the Lamb!

We, we cannot find an answer
When we're living under the gun
Maybe we will find a place to stay
When we're under the gun.
Where, where will we find a Saviour
When we're living under the gun?
Life comes in the Way and Truth of the Lamb!