10/28/1990: The Alarm, BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show
Summary
Mike interview & solo Merry Christmas (War is Over)
Press Release
Set List
Merry Christmas (War is Over)
Band Comments
Fan Comments
English Beat support tour ends. UK tour.
It’s been 18 months since their debut album `Declaration’ and the success of `68 Guns’ has yet to be topped. The Alarm’s future is on the Iine. Rest your legs lads and tell us about it� “We’re not preaching anything any more. We like to think that we never have preached or forced people to think a certain way.” Mike Peters takes a break from recording the video for the [read more]
While Dave and Nigel stayed at Ezee Hire, Eddie and Mike at The Waterfront in London. They recorded many demos using a drum machine and synthesizer, plus guitars. From thesee demos the future “Eye” songs .’Newtown Jericho’, “Only Love Can Set Me Free”, and the Raw song “Lead Me Through The Darkness”. Eddie Macdonald has described this time his “happiest time in The Alarm’.
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