Gig: 2/10/1994, Mike Peters, Duchess Of York, Leeds

‘Unbreak The Promise (Second Generation)’ [2:54] (Macdonald/Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There’s something that must now be spoken Now that all the barriers are broken down I want to bury my words in the heartland soil Too much has fell on stony ground I never lost that true gut feeling That a generation could bring change And even though it’s been eroded And wom away with time I still believe [read more]

‘White Noise’ [4:56] (Michael Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: The creeds and the colours are out of control on the streets And a strange kind of glory exists we are what we eat A diet of violence and crime feed our screens every night Society mirrors it, photocopies it, lives it as life White Noise A blinding light White Noise White, white, white noise The only sound in the void [read more]

The former singer of The Alarm returns with a vocal style so familiar and so unimaginative that he might well have christened his new group The Bono Dog Doo-Dah Band. Breathe is a thumping and unoriginal collection of songs inspired by life on the road in the USA. From Levi’s And Bibles to Poetic Justice, this anthemic set of rock songs has virtually nothing to say and a lot of [read more]