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Practicing Citations
The damage caused by Hurricane Hugo and the volcanic activity of the 1990s devastated the economy, which virtually collapsed when Plymouth, the main commercial centre, was abandoned in 1995–96.

For more than a decade, AIR Montserrat played host to recording sessions by a who’s who of rock and pop. More than 70 albums were recorded there in ten years, including Hot Hot Hot by Arrow, Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms, Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity by The Police, Elton John’s Too Low for Zero and Steel Wheels by the Rolling Stones. Duran Duran, Ultravox, Lou Reed, Black Sabbath and Eric Clapton all passed through the idyllic Montserrat studio.

The new cultural landfall cost nearly US$3 million and is a now famous venue for local and international conferences in addition to being a multi-purpose performing centre.

The event was broadcasted by Sky TV on a pay-per-view basis. The charge of £5 went to the Montserrat charity.

"The volcanically devestated landscape of Montserrat and its social fabric comprise what Maria Tumarkin (2005) calls a "traumascape" - a site of tragedy and catastrophe that is also a place of coping and resilience."

Just a decade after the state-of-the-art studio opened, boasting some of the most advanced recording technology equipment in its hay day, its life came to an abrupt end.