Power of Dreams released their critically acclaimed first
EP A Little Piece of God, on
Keith Cullen's London-based
Setanta Records in 1989, while Walker was still at school. Following a six-figure bidding war between rival record labels, the band signed a deal with
Polydor Records. In December 1989, the British music magazine
NME picked Power of Dreams, along with others such as
Carter USM and
the Charlatans, as their "stars of tomorrow". The follow-up album,
2 Hell With Common Sense, was released two years later, produced by
Dave Meegan and with a more powerful sound, aided by additional guitarist Ian Olney (ex-Cypress, Mine!). Later albums were less successful in the UK and Ireland but the band retained a following, and their major label contract in Japan. The third album,
Positivity, was released on Lemon Records in 1993, and further developed the sound introduced on their previous record. Power of Dreams released a last album,
Become Yourself, the following year. In 1995, the band backed and recorded with the musician Soichi Taniguchi in Japan before disbanding. Following the split, Craig Walker and Olney formed Pharmacy with Chris Pierce, and Morty McCarthy from
the Sultans of Ping FC. Pharmacy released one single called "Shine" in 1998. Subsequently, Walker recorded three albums with
Archive before releasing his first solo album,
Siamese, in 2009. Olney formed and performed in a number of bands including Temperance Union, Miracle Retreat, Deer Park and Red Atlas, and has been playing bass guitar for Sultans of Ping since 2005. Keith Walker would go on to front Paranoid Saints,
the Ex-Kings and the Bollox. ==Reunion==