Gig: 1/21/1988, The Alarm, The Rolling Stone, Milan

‘Waiting For The Summer (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Waiting for the summer, waiting for the sun Waiting for the summer, waiting once again Notes: ?Mike Peters Notes: ?Dave Sharp Notes: ?Eddie MacDonald Notes: ?Nigel Twist Notes: ?

Good intro, I like this already. First of all I�m a Bob Dylan fan, it�s quite a clear lyric with a Dylanesque sound, but the chorus is not the kind of thing you�d associate with Dylan. Intros are so important because they establish attention, and within 60 seconds of this there are changes that indicate it�s not going to be a monotone. There�s energy, attitude. It�s a well constructed record. [read more]

http://www.upstagemagazine.com Twenty-five years after first performing as The Alarm, Mike Peters and his band are back with a new release called “Under Attack”. They’re climbing the UK charts once again with a sound that rocks as hard as the band’s first records. We had a chance to talk to Mike Peters about everything from being part of theearly days of punk rock to his battles with cancer and the band’s [read more]