Gig: 4/29/1984, The Alarm, CW Post, Westbury, NY

2/5/2004: The Alarm, LEEDS – COCKPIT Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

‘Marching On (single version)’ [3:30] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There�s a young boy standing Staring at the world You know he can�t control his anger You can see it in his eyes He�s gonna smash your window He�s gonna tear down the walls Hey mister you don�t understand it Take a look at it through my eyes These are the kids they�re powerless So you tell them so These [read more]

ANTHEMIC: the Alarm had as much Beatles as Clash and U2 in them, with a strong dash of Mighty Mighty Bosstones camaraderie. Even in their ’80s heyday, the Alarm used to get knocked for writing too many anthems – as if coming up with rock anthems that worked were an easy thing to do. But the Welsh quartet wrote virtually nothing else: they took “The Stand,” they made the “Declaration,” [read more]