‘Close (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters/Billy Duffy), The Alarm
Lead Vocals:Mike Peters
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4/22/1985: The Alarm, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Summary Press Release Set List Includes “Vigilante Man”Band Comments Fan Comments
‘Sixty Eight Guns’ [5:49] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: And now they’re trying to take my life away Forever young I cannot stay Hey On every corner I can see them there They don’t know my name they don’t know my kind They’re after you with their promises (Promises of love) They’re after you to sign your life away (Yeah, yeaoh) Sixty-eight Guns will never die Sixty-eight Guns our battle [read more]
The Alarm are asked to play on the new MTV show “unplugged”. However, just as they are going to play, Mike was called home because his sister had a brain aneuryism. Sharp and Twist performed anyway, but the show it was abbreviated and did not display what the band was about. This was quite possibly The Alarm’s last and best opportunity to make something of themselves.
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