Gig: 1/27/1988, The Alarm, La Gaite, Brussels

People’s Band is the usual grudging accolade afforded to those who have a hard time of it at the hands of the critics. With their essentially optimistic bent, heightened melodramatics and general eagerness to please, The Alarm have been considered a bit wet behind the ears right from the word go. But, a decade on, they’re still in there fighting, even edging up the world rankings, and Raw is a [read more]

Versions The Alarm: CD Single, ‘The Road’ cat #:IRS DPRO-67039, country: USA (promotional)no case< The Alarm: Cassette Single, ‘Road, The’ cat #:IRS 4JM-13809, country: USA b/w Unsafe Building 1981

‘Third Light (live)’ [3:37] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Eddie MacDonaldLyrics: Your head on my shoulder Two months you�ve been a soldier I feel so sick inside, two months you�d have been alive No one here knows your surname and no one knows from where you came The red cross takes you to your grave for which your government kindly pays WHITE CROSS upon the hillside there lies that unknown soldier No [read more]