Event: 3/24/1984, The Alarm, “Inside Track”, USA Radio

Producer: The Alarm I.R.S. Records A line in the song “Moments in Time” from Raw, the latest release from the Alarm, seems to sum up songwriter Mike Peters’ current vision for this band: “Somewhere we got lost along the way.” Indeed, the title is apt; what we have here is one of those back-to-basics, we-can-be-a-garage-band collection of artful yet angry songs that eschews the sequencer formula the band has perfected [read more]

Day Twenty Three: Wednesday 22nd June 2005 Today is taken up with recording drums and bass on yesterdays tracks. While all of this is going on I decide to go out into the garden and have a listen through my tapes and see if I can find some interesting songs. It is a beautiful sunny day. I rewound one of my tapes to the beginning and pressed play, I could [read more]

1/9/1986: The Alarm, Norwegian radio Summary Mike talked about the making of the strength album, about constant touring. He said a year earlier they had wanted to fill stadiums, but decided that was dangerous for a band, so went into the studio to make an album “following their own instincts”. Talked about the band all wearing leather trousers because they are easy to keep clean. “How are you going to [read more]