‘Dim Fifiniau’ [3:58] (Macdonald/Peters), The Alarm

ANTHEMIC: the Alarm had as much Beatles as Clash and U2 in them, with a strong dash of Mighty Mighty Bosstones camaraderie. Even in their ’80s heyday, the Alarm used to get knocked for writing too many anthems – as if coming up with rock anthems that worked were an easy thing to do. But the Welsh quartet wrote virtually nothing else: they took “The Stand,” they made the “Declaration,” [read more]

Day Twenty: Friday 17 June 2005 Steve has another go at the drums on the song (Working title – It’s Alright, It’s O.K.), he is not happy with the groove and wants to try and better the feel of yesterday. Always striving for perfection is Steve. Once Steve is happy, we have a go at ‘Mercenary Skank’ (again included on the EMI demos). Something feels wrong, we try and turn [read more]

‘Back Into The System (single edit)’ [4:40] (Michael Peters/Jules Jones), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Surfers against sewage Floating in the sea Rising up like a big disease In glorious 3-D Samplers against the copyright law And all that that means Bikers riding to be helmet free In the California heat The battle of the sexes Is Raging On The Streets With gays against homophobic assholes Feminists on heat I used [read more]