Gig: 5/15/1991, The Alarm, WXRT radio, Chicago

10/18/1987: The Alarm, “Backchat” interview Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

‘How The Mighty Fall (electric demo)’ [5:19] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Once you held your finger on the trigger Now the gun is pointing at your head Once you reigned supreme Over all that you could see Now you walk on the other side of the street How the mighty fall I’ve seen it all before Cause the harder they come The harder they fall How the mighty fall [read more]

The album title tells it. The Alarm, once ardent sons of ’68 Guns’ have, in their time, hopped, skipped, and straddled most conceivable and accepted rock styles – falling in and out of favour as they’ve done so. If ‘Change” does transcend their solid base of appreciation, then it will almost certainly be helped by Mike Peters’ stark, homespun words streaked with apparent Welsh pride and tarnished emotion. “The valley [read more]