This Is Not A Test : The Alarm (2007)

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Day Two: Tuesday 24 May 2005 The main ‘idea’ behind this album is to not only get the best out of the songs, but to get the best out of the band aswell. No mean feat I can tell you because there is always a compromise between ‘live’ and ‘the studio’. The loose concept that we are working on is that we should have the band playing the songs live [read more]

An incredible night at The Gathering XI was made all the more special for Alarm fans when Mike Peters introduced original Alarm guitarist – Dave Sharp – to the stage. Dave Sharp, who opened his solo set with a reworking of ‘Change II’, growled his way through through a fine set of proto-blues before closing with a poignant rendition of his Alarm classic ‘One Step Closer To Home’. It was [read more]