Gig: 2/12/1988, The Alarm, Portsmouth Guildhall

After the money disputes that led to the band breaking-up in 1986, the band agree to replace Ian wilson with Elliott Roberts as manager. The loss of Ian Wilson was not immediately felt, as Roberts was quick to use his influence to ge the Alarm on a support tour with Bob Dylan, and get them to meet some of their heroes like Neil Young. However, the effect of Wilson’s loss [read more]

‘Strength To Strength (acoustic demo)’ [4:29] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Every day in the struggle to survive I see good and I see bad We�ve seen our dreams turn to dust And now we must rebuild them There�ll be no more 2nd chances We must not lose it again Tonight my friend until the end Tonight from strength to strength We were young and easy We didn�t know what [read more]

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