After the band split-up for short time I the summer if 1986, Dave and Nigel stayed @ Ezee Hire studio to record several demos with members of Wire Train. The song “Save Your Cryin'” was recorded here for the second time. Nothing else was ever released.
Gigs
Gig: 11/1/1985, The Alarm, JB’s Theatre, Albany, NY
11/1/1985: The Alarm, JB’s Theatre, Albany, NY Summary Strength TourPress Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments
News
News: Ageing punks’ single stunt a hit
From: www.bbc.co.uk/news Post-punk band The Alarm have scored a top 30 UK chart hit – with a stunt disguising themselves as an unknown younger group. Recording under the pseudonym The Poppyfields, they are at number 28 after selling more than 4,000 copies of their 1970s-style punk single 45RPM. In its accompanying video The Alarm are replaced by teenage Chester rockers The Wayriders who mime along to the song. Singer Mike [read more]
Songs
‘Sixty Eight Guns (part II)’ [3:25] (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm
‘Sixty Eight Guns (part II)’ [3:25] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Up on the terrace I can hear the crowd roar Sixty Eight Guns And in the subway I can hear them whisper Sixty Eight Guns Through all the raging glory of the years We never once thought of the fears For what we’d do when the battle cry was over . Nothing lasts forever is all they seem to [read more]