10/31/1984: The Alarm, Sportpaleis Ahoy in Rotterdam
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Photo: The Alarm MMVI,7/30/2006
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Mike Peter’s father dies in the UK while Dave Sharp is on a writing tour in NYC
Mike Peter’s father dies in the UK while Dave Sharp is on a writing tour in NYC. While Dave is off in New York to write songs for what would become his first solo album, Mike Peters suffers a terrible tragedy when his father dies suddenly of natural causes.
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Mike and Eddie Record Demos
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’.