Photo: The Alarm,12/24/2003

‘World On Fire (Take 1)’ [4:17] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I was alone I was torn I was lost in the city of Angels You came with your love Your love and shelter You lit a signal fire upon the hill You lit a beacon I found my way back home I could set the world on fire I’d watch as the flames Burned higher and higher Oh I [read more]

The Alarm Re-formed for the new millennium, they are still one of the biggest Welsh bands ever Boyo Tom Jones looks at a new box-set covering their career In the last five years, the sheep jokes have gradually fallen by the wayside in the wake of ‘Cool Cymru’, which was sparked by the success of the Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, 69 Foot Dolls, Super Furry Animals and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. [read more]

‘Howling Wind (acoustic)’ [4:20] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Love on this wasteland holds no dominion I refuse to lay me down On the grapevine comes the saying �Son, you reap whatever you sow� I sow the seeds of my love Deep undying true love I sow There is beauty out there somewhere I will leave no stone unturned There is a guitar and a bugle I hear the sound [read more]