Gig: 3/17/1984, The Alarm, Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TX

‘Sixty Eight Guns (part II)’ [3:25] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Up on the terrace I can hear the crowd roar Sixty Eight Guns And in the subway I can hear them whisper Sixty Eight Guns Through all the raging glory of the years We never once thought of the fears For what we’d do when the battle cry was over . Nothing lasts forever is all they seem to [read more]

THE ALARM ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’ (21st Century 21C018) * * * * * The Alarm were notorious for unwittingly attracting bad press during theirpeak time in the 80’s. Enduring frequent comparisons to U2 and The Clash, along with jibes about their admittedly ridiculously airborne hairstyles was all in a day’s suffering for the four piece from North Wales. Yet despite the hub of unfavourable and often downright malicious press, [read more]

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