Gig: 1/27/1986, The Alarm, Music Hall in Frankfurt, Germany

‘The Rock (acoustic demo)’ [3:08] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Oh I have waited for you In the crossfire of isolation This tension will find release Sweatstain, confusion I�m black, get white eyes at night Where angels and men Still fear to tread And no-one�s ever holding back Stood like a raft in the wind There is a sea crashing over me There is a rock That will it�s ground [read more]

‘Rescue Me (Live Boston Wang Centre, 1988)’ [8:35] (MacDonals/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: You gonna rescue me tonight?? One-two-three-four A renegade Rides a run away train To liberate Tear these bonds assunder A fugitive Running from a chain gang Comfort me Grant me absolution Running all my life Running all my day Running through the night Seems like forever Take me now I’m so tired Take me now This time, [read more]

The Alarm Alarm 2000 Collection 21ST CENTURY 21C018 Much derided, even in their heyday, The Alarm suffered from a tendancy to wear their influences (Clash, U2, Dylan) all too obviously on their sleeves. Their songs sometimes struggled clumsily to contain frontman Mike Peters’ big-hearted righteous visions, but when it all clicked together (68 Guns, Blaze of Glory) their stomping rock lit up a moribund ’80s musical landscape. Immaculately packaged and [read more]