Gig: 11/28/1989, The Alarm, Vic Theatre, Chicago

5/16/1983: The Alarm, Recorded Janice Long session for BBC Radio 1 Summary First transmitted 21st May 1983Press Release Set List 68 Guns What Kind of Hell Third Light A Legal Matter (Great version of the Who’s “A Legal Matter” sung by Dave Sharp.)Band Comments Fan Comments

There’s this old U2 bootleg out there somewhere, and on it is a one-of-a-kind version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door from New Year’s Eve 1982. Trading verses on the song were Bono of U2, Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Mike Peters of The Alarm. “‘The new breed,’ as Bono described us,” Peters says with a chuckle. The fascinating thing is that at the time, any of the three could [read more]

‘Marching On (Live KBFH take 2)’ [5:41] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: “Give me your hands Reach for the sky These hearts, these souls Gimme a gimme a gimme your hands A gimme your hands And we go marching on One, two, three, four” Well there’s a young boy standing He’s staring at the world You know he can’t control his anger You can see it in his eyes Gonna [read more]