Gig: 10/14/1983, The Alarm, Tin Can Club, Birmingham

‘Sixty Eight Guns (Live KBFH)’ [6:42] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: “Yeah, yeaoh, Yeah, yeaoh, Yeah, yeaoh Sixty eight guns” And now they’re trying to take my life away Forever young I cannot stay Hey On every corner I can see them there They don’t know my name they don’t know my kind They’re after you with their promises (Promises of love) They’re after you to sign your life away [read more]

Billboard.com A single/video stunt staged by the Alarm last year will serve as the premise of a forthcoming film to be made by the producer of “Shrek.” The story is based around the veteran Welsh act’s success with the single “45 RPM,” released in February under the fictional name the Poppyfields and supported by a video featuring teenagers as the band. The single netted a top 30 entry on the [read more]

Standards is your standard issue pre-Christmas “best of” compilation from The Alarm, a band that is far from standard issue. Here, all your favorites are lifted to the audio excellence of digital sound -“The Stand”, “Strength”, “Spirit Of ’76”, “Rescue Me”, “Marching On”, “Blaze Of Glory” – and the sound is great. This ia an excellent collection to own, especially if, like me, you have all of The Alarm’s earliest [read more]