Gig: 5/7/1986, The Alarm, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA

‘Sold Me Down The River (radio edit)’ [3:00] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There’s a fire beneath my skin There’s a fever that makes me ill Got a love, a love that kills I’ve got twenty four hours to live Comeback, I’m begging you please Comeback, I’m down on my knees Comeback, I’m begging you please I don’t know why I don’t understand How you sold me down the river [read more]

A major achievment!! 45 RPM just played on BBC Radio 1 on the weekly top-40 show, It was #28 for weekly sales figures. This is the first time an Alarm-related song has been in the top-40 for nearly 15 years! The song was played in it’s entirety and the DJ read a short blurb about the song actually being by “The Alarm” and how they changed their name for the [read more]

Day One: Monday 23 May 2005 A new album, a new place, a new situation, a new label. As always when starting a new album, all the hopes and fears are there in the pit of your stomach. I have acquired a Chapel in North Wales and have decided to record the new ‘Alarm’ album within it’s walls. Day one is not really day one but this is where it [read more]