Gig: 11/25/1985, The Alarm, Ben Lewis Hall in Riverside, CA

‘Sixty Eight Guns (Part I)’ [3:15] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: 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 (Yeah, yeaoh) Sixty-eight Guns will never die Sixty-eight Guns [read more]

http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews/the_alarm2.htm THE ALARM Under Attack EMI/Liberty (2006) The Alarm are back with another superb album full of rousing anthems and more mellow acoustic moments. After the comeback success of ‘In The Popppyfields’ which included the band’s hit single ’45 RPM’, the band are back on their old label EMI. It maybe just Mike Peters remaining from the 80’s line-up but then he is the Alarm really. The success of this [read more]

‘Time To Believe’ [3:26] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: It’s time Time to reconsider Time to search my soul My life in these few pages Time to write the book of my manhood Water flows beneath the bridge There’s still time There’s still time to believe My mind Is burning fire emotion I push everyone to the edge I’ve only found destruction How long can I go on I’ve been [read more]