Photo: The Alarm,12/10/1985

‘Wonderful World’ [5:00] (Sharp/Twist), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: Guys wearing gas masks are levelling their guns At school children singing whilst studying sums It�s a clear sign of violence And it’s laced with heavy support This whole situations been dragged through the dirt By gargoyles and monsters and man eating birds Who act like the jury but you never see them stand up in court It’s savage and ugly the [read more]

Charts Reached #86 on the UK singles chart. Versions: 7″ UK: ‘The Stand/Third Light(live)’,  cat #:IRS PFP 1014, 7″: Germany:  The Alarm: 7 “, ‘The Stand/Reason41″,cat #:ILLEGAL ILSA-3597 7″ USA : The Stand/Reason 41(live) cat #:IRS IR-9922 (Released October 11, 1983) 7″ USA : The Stand/The Stand cat #:IRS IR-9922 (white label promotional) (Released October 11, 1983) 12” UK: The Stand/ For Freedom/Lie Of The Land cat #:IRS PFPX 1014, country: [read more]

The Alarm Re-formed for the new millennium, they are still one of the biggest Welsh bands ever Boyo Tom Jones looks at a new box-set covering their career In the last five years, the sheep jokes have gradually fallen by the wayside in the wake of ‘Cool Cymru’, which was sparked by the success of the Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, 69 Foot Dolls, Super Furry Animals and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. [read more]