‘Every Night Of The Week’ (Seventeen)

As reported a fortnight ago in Thrills, Rhyl-based band Seventeen have been subjected to a lengthy investigation by the Department of Health and Social Security over the question of their drawing unemployment benefit whilst gigging for charity and for free. Last week, after five months of  investigation, band members Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Buckle and Mike Peters were summoned to their local office and told that there were now no charges [read more]

‘Vigilante Man (demo)’ [??:??] (Woodie Guthrie), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave sharpLyrics: ? Notes:1986 demo recorded with Nigel Twist, and members of The Long Ryders, Wire Train, and The PretendersMike Peters Notes: ?Dave Sharp Notes: ?Eddie MacDonald Notes: ?Nigel Twist Notes: ?

‘We Are Majority (Majority) (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:26] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: We put the flowers in our dressing room We are no longer children We’ve all grown up now We set you up and you let us down We are majority as you can see We are one and we’re all equal In the eyes of the world we’re all the same We are the disco kids [read more]