Gig: 1/19/1986, The Alarm, Konserthuset, Gothenberg, Sweden

Everyone knows what a gig is like, right. A few crowd pleasers at the beginning (you know, a couple of hits that made the charts). An acoustic bit in the middle where the drummer can stick his hands in liquid nitrogen to cool down for a bit (and for the guitarist to readjust his mullet). Then throw in a couple of new ones that no-one is bothered about, and gives [read more]

‘Love Don’t Come Easy’ [4:08] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Love can give you everything Then take it all away She can take you to the water She can make you thirst for days Tell you what you want to hear In the same breath she can steal And that’s why love don’t come easy Love can take you to the mountain Love can make it move Love can shine [read more]

The Alarm: Back In The USA The Alarm marched into New York Town once again to kick off their “Back In The USA” tour. To the delight of Alarm fanatics everywhere, they’ve been making frequent visits to America of late. Riding high on the strength of their brilliant new album “In The Poppy Fields”, the dazzling culmination of five self-produced independent releases over a five-month period. Having allowed their faithful [read more]