“Absolute Reality” released as a single. It reaches #35 in the UK, and the band is back In the running again.
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Blog: Mike Peters ‘Under Attack’ Recording Diary Entry #24
Day Twenty Four: Thursday 23rd June 2005 Craig came in early today to catch up on the bass guitar recording. He played bass on three tracks, ‘Be Still’, ‘It’s Alright It’s O.K.’ and ‘I Never Left I Only Went Away’. During the afternoon we tried to work in two more brand new songs. The first song was a new kind of ‘Drunk And Disorderly’ but it didn’t seem to work [read more]

‘Hardlands (acoustic demo)’ [3:29] (Macdonald/Peters), The Alarm
‘Hardlands (acoustic demo)’ [3:29] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Oh I was born Deep in the heartland Where a man is judged By the scars on his face Where that sliding scale still operates I was born, raised in the way of the HARDLANDS Ripped and torn apart HARDLANDS I�m carrying the scars HARDLANDS Hard, hard, hard, hardlands I hear a song �Land of hope and glory� I see a [read more]