Gig: 11/13/2003, The Alarm, The Elbo Room, Chicago, IL.

‘Blaze Of Glory (Live Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 2000)’ [4:48] (MacDonald/Peters/Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: ? Notes:Recorded live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 15th December 2000. The Alarm 2000 are: Mike Peters: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica James Stevenson: Electric and acoustic guitars Richard Llewellyn: Bass guitar, backing vocals Steve Grantly: drumsMike Peters Notes: ?Dave Sharp Notes: ?Eddie MacDonald Notes: ?Nigel Twist Notes: ?

Day Seven: Wednesday 1 June 2005 James picks Craig up from the railway station. Finally we are all together and ready to rock. Craig look great considering he has travelled from Tokyo via Los Angeles, Denver, Baltimore, Washington and then to Manchester all within about 36 hours…. We decide to get playing straight away and we have a run through some of the classics from the tour. ‘Coming Home’, ’45 [read more]

The Alarm Alarm 2000 Collection 21ST CENTURY 21C018 Much derided, even in their heyday, The Alarm suffered from a tendancy to wear their influences (Clash, U2, Dylan) all too obviously on their sleeves. Their songs sometimes struggled clumsily to contain frontman Mike Peters’ big-hearted righteous visions, but when it all clicked together (68 Guns, Blaze of Glory) their stomping rock lit up a moribund ’80s musical landscape. Immaculately packaged and [read more]