Touch

Touch is a Valstrathian band formed in 1988.
== Members ==
* Ed Altamont - Lead Singer & Guitar (Since 1988)
* Barry Marsilac - Guitar (Since 1988)
* Kurtis Brayer - Bass (Since 2003)
* Karyes Duncan - Drums (Since 1994)
* Bise Shantner - Keyboards (Since 2013)
=== Past Members ===
* Lyniker Barseor - Bass (1988 - 1998)
* Yerevan Ericson - Bass (1998 - 2003)
* Bobby Heuver - Drums (1988 - 1994)
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* Formless Like Water (1991)
* Kaleidoscope (1992)
* Oblivion (1993)
* Road To Nowhere (1996)
* No Scope (1999)
* Limit (2001)
* Hourglass (2004)
* Avocado (2006)
* Mechanical Brain (2011)
* Swallowed Whole (2016)
* Riot? (2018 - Upcoming)
=== EPs ===
* Signed With Blood (1995)
* Two Sides (2008)
=== Live Albums ===
* Live At Americana (1992)
* Live Roads (1997)
* No Scope Live (2002)
* The Warning (2013)
=== Others ===
* The Golden Touch - Their Greatest Hits (1990 - 2001) (2005)
* The Golden Touch - Their Greatest Hits, Pt. 2 (2004 - 2016) (2018)
== Single ==
Single 	Album 	Year	Release Date 	Highest °¹
"Secret Garden" 	Formless Like Water	1990	October 7th 	1
"Blind Fate" 	Formless Like Water	1990	December 3rd 	2
"Jason" 	Formless Like Water	1991	January 26th 	1
"Once Upon A Time" 	Formless Like Water	1991	March 13th 	3
"Formless Like Water" 	Formless Like Water	1991	May 1st 	11
"Same Way" 	Kaleidoscope 	1992	April 22nd 	1
"Mirror Mirror On The Wall"	Kaleidoscope 	1992	June 3rd 	1
"Yellow Curtain" 	Kaleidoscope 	1992	August 11th 	1
"Blow" 	Kaleidoscope 	1992	November 29th 	2
"Under" 	Oblivion 	1993	September 11th	8
"Just Like Before" 	Oblivion 	1993	November 1st 	1
"Black Hole" 	Oblivion 	1993	December 17th 	2
"Not For You" 	Oblivion 	1994	February 3rd 	1
"Black Blossom" 	Signed With Blood 	1995	April 3rd 	12
"Evolution" 	Roads To Nowhere 	1995	November 28th 	1
"Fly Away" 	Roads To Nowhere 	1996	January 7th 	1
"Wait A Minute" 	Roads To Nowhere 	1996	April 3rd 	4
"Landscape"/"Snare" 	No Scope 	1999	September 7th 	1
"The Tree Of Life" 	No Scope 	1999	October 8th 	13
"Final Days" 	No Scope 	1999	December 11th 	36
"Sound Of Pride" 	No Scope 	2000	February 22nd 	2
"Everything Has Changed" 	Limit 	2001	November 21st 	4
"Turning Tables" 	Limit 	2002	January 30th 	1
"Sailing The Ship Of Hate" 	Limit 	2002	July 12th 	9
"The Climb" 	Limit 	2002	December 7th 	1
"Hammerfall" 	Hourglass 	2004	March 24th 	1
"Thin Ice" 	Hourglass 	2004	May 26th 	38
"To The Death" 	Hourglass 	2004	July 6th 	5
"Wasted Away" 	Hourglass 	2004	August 27th 	2
"Holy Choice" 	Hourglass 	2004	November 1st 	
"The Happening" 	Avocado 	2005	December 8th 	17
"Wasted Time" 	Avocado 	2006	February 1st 	1
"Tidal Wave" 	Avocado 	2006	April 25th 	1
"Third Way Out" 	Two Sides 	2008	September 6th 	25
"Look Over The List" 	Mechanical Brain 	2011	June 28th 	15
"Mechanical Brain" 	Mechanical Brain 	2011	August 7th 	1
"Missing Link" 	Mechanical Brain 	2011	October 22nd 	5
"Swallowed Whole" 	Swallowed Whole 	2015	October 6th 	4
"Keep It Up" 	Swallowed Whole 	2015	December 11th 	1
"Loud" 	Swallowed Whole 	2016	January 23rd 	1
"Avoid" 	Riot? 	2018	April 7th 	3
=== Rock Me It's Top 20 ===
According To The Magazine Rock Me It, this is Touch's 20 Best Songs (Posted in 1995, Last Updated in 2017):
==== Updated List ====
# 	Song 	Album 	Year
1 	Jason 	Formless Like Water	1991
2 	Same Way 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
3 	Secret Garden 	Formless Like Water	1990
4 	Just Like Before 	Oblivion 	1993
5 	Mirror Mirror On The Wall	Kaleidoscope 	1992
6 	Landscape/Snare 	No Scope 	1999
7 	Blow 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
8 	Turning Tables 	Limit 	2002
9 	Once Upon A Time 	Formless Like Water	1991
10	Wasted Away 	Hourglass 	2004
11	Loud 	Swallowed Whole 	2016
12	Wasted Time 	Avocado 	2006
13	Evolution 	Road To Nowhere 	1995
14	Tidal Wave 	Avocado 	2006
15	Mechanical Brain 	Mechanical Brain 	2011
16	Yellow Curtain 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
17	Wait A Minute 	Road To Nowhere 	1996
18	Blind Fate 	Formless Like Water	1990
19	Keep It Up 	Swallowed Whole 	2015
20	Formless Like Water 	Formless Like Water	1991
==== Original List ====
# 	Song 	Album 	Year
1 	Jason 	Formless Like Water	1991
2 	Same Way 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
3 	Secret Garden 	Formless Like Water	1990
4 	Just Like Before 	Oblivion 	1993
5 	Mirror Mirror On The Wall	Kaleidoscope 	1992
6 	Blow 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
7 	Once Upon A Time 	Formless Like Water	1991
8 	Yellow Curtain 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
9 	Blind Fate 	Formless Like Water	1990
10	Formless Like Water 	Formless Like Water	1991
11	Not For You 	Oblivion 	1993
12	Runaway 	Formless Like Water	1991
13	Under 	Oblivion 	1993
14	Black Blossom 	Signed With Blood 	1995
15	Apollo 	Formless Like Water	1991
16	G Means Glory 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
17	Nowhereland 	Kaleidoscope 	1992
18	Rebels 	Oblivion 	1993
19	The Balcony 	Oblivion 	1994
20	Bonded By Blood 	Formless Like Water	1991
The Same magazine did the Top 500 Valstrathian Albums Of All Time post, in its most recent update, Touch had 5 Albums in between: Formless Like Water (3), Kaleidoscope (21), Roads To Nowhere (234), Oblivion (303) and Avocado (355).
== Awards ==
Touch was the first and only band to win the Foster Awards three times in a roll, and also, is the second band with most Diamond Foster Awards in the country, with four of them, Just losing to The Autumn.
Formless Like Water is also the only album of the story to have two Diamond Foster Winners in it.
=== Foster Awards ===
Year	Song 	Album 	Result
1990	"Secret Garden" 	Formless Like Water	Diamond Foster
1991	"Jason" 	Formless Like Water	Diamond Foster
1991	"Once Upon A Time" 	Formless Like Water	Steel Foster
1992	"Same Way" 	Kaleidoscope 	Diamond Foster
1993	"Just Like Before" 	Oblivion 	Platinum Foster
1996	"Evolution" 	Roads To Nowhere 	Steel Foster
1999	"Snare" 	No Scope 	Steel Foster
2001	"Turning Tables" 	Limit 	Steel Foster
2006	"Tidal Wave" 	Avocado 	Bronze Foster
2012	"Mechanical Brain" 	Mechanical Brain 	Diamond Foster
2016	"The Scream Of The Spirit"	Swallowed Whole 	Silver Foster