1983/84 Revisited : The Alarm (2007)

7/25/1987: The Alarm, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales Summary A massive stadium gig on U2’s Joshua Tree Tour. The Alarm were third on the bill, behind U2 and The Pretenders. The Silencers were opening act. (An interesting mix of acts, The Alarm having opened for U2 in 1983 and for The Pretenders in 1985. The Silencers were opening act for The Alarm earlier in 1987).Press Release Set List Strength Knife [read more]

5/24/1982: The Alarm, Hammersmith Clarendon, London Summary Press Release Set List Shout To The Devil Marching On For Freedom Third Light Second Generation Pavilion Steps The Deceiver Up For Murder 68 Guns Across The Border What Kind Of Hell Reason 41 Marching On Breakdown (Buzzcocks cover) Up For Murder 68 GunsBand Comments Fan Comments

Day Thirty Five: Wednesday 6th July 2005 Martin was first in this morning and spent an hour or two tweaking the computer system. We are using a Mac based system with Digital Performer 4.5 as the main recording software and MOTU hardware as the audio interfaces between the instruments and the hard drive. We have also been recording at 96khz which gives the recordings a lot of depth. Martin has [read more]