Gig: 12/1/1985, The Alarm, Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA

‘Tell Me (Live KBFH)’ [3:22] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: And if you know what is the answer Why don�t you tell me What does it feel like To be free What does it feel like Take a look at the punks On the run from all the ministers Collecting for the criminals And the judges or the blame If you’re innocent or you�re guilty Or you�ve never been given [read more]

Alan Shacklock started the production process to record the songs chosen from the demos (Newtown Jericho’, “Only Love Can Set Me Free”,”Lead Me Through The Darkness”.) but Nigel and Dave brstle at having to record caebon copies of the demos. Sessions are scrapped.

Producer: The Alarm I.R.S. Records A line in the song “Moments in Time” from Raw, the latest release from the Alarm, seems to sum up songwriter Mike Peters’ current vision for this band: “Somewhere we got lost along the way.” Indeed, the title is apt; what we have here is one of those back-to-basics, we-can-be-a-garage-band collection of artful yet angry songs that eschews the sequencer formula the band has perfected [read more]