Gig: 2/27/1984, The Alarm, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

***** (= 5 out of 5 stars) “You are hereby warned: The Alarm will become one of the leading rockbands in the 90’s. If you don’t want to sit notknowing with your beard in the mailbox you should invest in the Change – album immediately and learn all of the 12 tunes (14 on cd) by heart before advent starts. The Alarm are no longer U2-copyists. Their last LP, In [read more]

‘Rose Beyond The Wall (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:38] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Rose Beyond The Wall (E-zee Hire demo Nov 84) Out come the flags and banners again It’s Memorial Day, my friend Will the circle ever end in our time While we’re hung up on the past The future that we want we can’t have Will always be beyond our grasp Oh heil the kings and queens [read more]

‘Presence Of Love (edit)’ [3:19] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: The first heaven is silver And you are silver you shine white light The second heaven is sacred And you are sacred of pure soul The third heaven is pearl And your name is forever written Oh don’t walk away No don’t walk away I’m walking in the presence of love I’m walking in the seven heavens I’m alive with [read more]