Gig: 12/30/1983, The Alarm, Wembley Arena, London

Day Eighteen: Wednesday 15 June 2005 James wants to have another go at ‘Cease And Desist’. Overnight he has come up with an idea for a ‘sound’ for the intro. This involves using an MXR Phase 90 pedal with a Gibson Les Paul. It sounds really good and now we have the dilemma of two really good introductions for the song. Most of the day is spent going over the [read more]

Let�s get this out of the way first. �Superchannel� rocks. It rocks hard. It�s a sing-a-long, balls-out scorcher. It�s catchy enough to be a hit single, yet weighty enough to have layers of meaning tucked just under the surface. It blasts off, out of the speakers, and never turns back. The meaty bass, substantial guitar riffs, relentless drumming, and in-your-face vocals all combine to create a sound that is both [read more]

‘Edward Henry Street (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Beg phil and the suicidal kid came into town Scratch ran the Kavern records empire and discovered the big new sounds The middle of nowhere sound of Edward Henry Street Puma pete and richie mod and paul from the catholic school Eddie mac and my brother steve got caught breaking all the rules The middle of nowhere blues [read more]