The Alarm came together to start recording in early August 1986 @ Ezee Hire, but bad blood over money and song credits split the band.
Gigs
Gig: 12/1/1982, The Alarm, Tiffany’s, Glasgow
12/1/1982: The Alarm, Tiffany’s, Glasgow Summary Opening for U2 at a set of shows just prior to release of the “War” album (The Alarm’s first appearance as a tour support)Press Release Set List Shout To The Devil For Freedom Marching On Reason 41 Third Light Unsafe Building Tell Me Across The Border 68 Guns Marching OnBand Comments Fan Comments
Review: Change Review (3 out of 4)
The album title tells it. The Alarm, once ardent sons of ’68 Guns’ have, in their time, hopped, skipped, and straddled most conceivable and accepted rock styles – falling in and out of favour as they’ve done so. If ‘Change” does transcend their solid base of appreciation, then it will almost certainly be helped by Mike Peters’ stark, homespun words streaked with apparent Welsh pride and tarnished emotion. “The valley [read more]
Songs
‘Chant Has Just Begun, The (Single version)’ [3:41] (Macdonald/Peters/Sharp), The Alarm
‘Chant Has Just Begun, The (Single version)’ [3:41] (Macdonald/Peters/Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Weialala leia Wallala leilala (Fighting) The chant has just begun The song must now be sung For the word must now be spoken The chant has just begun (Fighting, Fighting) Here we are in times of recession The cuts are like a stab in the back To the monetary sound the world goes round Unrest on every [read more]