Gig: 7/14/1983, The Alarm, The Warehouse, Leeds

Here is very interesting blog post from Derek Bell at over at Stevens Point Journal.  It echos some of the sentiment from my 2005 post about The Alarm and U2. <a href= http://thealarm.com/dispart.asp?id=1081 >Close, The Alarm, And U2: The Words I’ve Been Holding In For Too Long</a>.  Here is an excerpt:   <i> For what was once the journey of rock and roll brethren, on a mission to recapture the [read more]

4/7/1984: The Alarm, Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI Summary The Pretenders “Learning To Crawl” tour. The Alarm were touring to support the Declaration albumPress Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

‘Hallowed Ground’ [4:17] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Well the docks lie crippled In the northem towns The boys have all gone away Trying to find work down south And mister I walk in the valley of the shadow Won’t someone have mercy on my soul On my soul, soul, soul HALLOWED GROUND how sad is the sound In a valley that once sang out sang proud HALLOWED GROUND where [read more]