Altern8 helped flip the script by performing an incendiary live show dressed in all-in-one chemical warfare suits and masks lined with Vicks vapour rub.
Altern8 had three top 20 hits, peaking at number 3 with their ultimate hardcore anthem Activ8.
Around this time Altern8 were also in demand further afield as Mark1 explains, "We toured Brazil with Moby, played in Orlando with Carl Cox and played the Limelight and Junior Vasquez' Sound Factory club in NY.