Gig: 2/23/1984, The Alarm, Civic Center, Portland, OR

Day Twenty Six: Monday 27th June 2005 Today, James gets stuck into guitars on ‘Cease and Desist’. It’s sounding great but we are having a few problems with the tuning. A lot of James Stevenson’s guitars are of the vintage variety and come from a variety of eras. Some from the 1950’s (The ‘Golden Age Of Guitars’) but mostly sixties and seventies. They all sound amazing but sometimes are hard [read more]

4/1/1988: The Alarm, Arcadia Theatre, Dallas Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments Xcess, Houston Texas The Alarm played a passionate, energetic show in Houston that night. It was a relatively small club, and a very small stage, which gave the show a very intimate feel. Of course, The Alarm could make a much larger venue feel similarly familiar. At one point, they tried to get the audience [read more]

4/1/1991: The Alarm, Barrowlands, Glasgow Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments Mike telling us they had a “hard rocking set for you tonight”. Well they did, finishing off with the best version of Rocking in the Free World yet to be heard by anyone. Barrowlands eh? What a fucking venue. Last time I ever saw the Alarm that night. If only I’d known. (G. Sutherland)