Gig: 11/1/1982, The Alarm, UMIST, Manchester

10/31/1984: The Alarm, Sportpaleis Ahoy in Rotterdam Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

6/12/1983: The Alarm, ZZEW Dallas radio interview Summary This interview was a dual appearance with Bono of U2 and the Mike Peters portion is featured on the MPO website. This interview is a true collector’s item because Mike Peters premiered a then-unreleased version of “Blaze of Glory” (it later turned up as a b-side for “Absolute Reality”) and Bono played a tape of one of U2’s earliest demos “The Fool”.Press [read more]

Day Nine: Friday 3 June 2005 To record a master drum track, Steve plays the drums in the ‘live’ room. He is playing along to the rehearsal recording and is listening (via headphones) to all the vocals and guitars from the guide version. Steve usually cuts three or four full takes and then listens back to them and decides which one is the best. This usually means taking the bast [read more]