Gig: 2/10/1984, The Alarm, Birmingham Polytechnic

Day Thirty Eight: Monday 11th July 2005 Finally get to the Doghouse Studios and it feels like home straight away. George and Barrie are there to meet me, Jules and Dylan. Barriemore Barlow is the owner and he once played drums for Jethro Tull back in the seventies. He is a great guy always full of jokes. The weather is beautiful, there is a swimming pool and a small football [read more]

Standards is your standard issue pre-Christmas “best of” compilation from The Alarm, a band that is far from standard issue. Here, all your favorites are lifted to the audio excellence of digital sound -“The Stand”, “Strength”, “Spirit Of ’76”, “Rescue Me”, “Marching On”, “Blaze Of Glory” – and the sound is great. This ia an excellent collection to own, especially if, like me, you have all of The Alarm’s earliest [read more]

‘Chant Has Just Begun, The (remix)’ [5:10] (MacDonald/|Peters/Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Weialala leia Wallala leilala Keep on fighting For the love Keep on fighting For the love For the love The chant has just begun The song must now be sung For the word must now be spoken The chant has just begun (Fighting, Fighting) (Fighting, Fighting) Here we are in times of recession The cuts are like a [read more]