Gig: 2/3/1990, The Alarm, Newport Leisure Centre

‘Caroline Isenberg’ [2:56] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Now I never knew her but her story it touched my heart It was in the New York Post that I heard her story told She was a rising star of her day so the story goes But her dream got crushed in the darkness one Sunday morn Now she met her death of the rooftop of 929 An apartment building on [read more]

‘Absolute Reality (Single version)’ [3:25] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Hey now now Hey hey hey You may be rich You may be poor You may have nothing in this world at all You may be black,you maybe white You may be a prisioner in your own times You may be lost. You may be found You may have been beaten up and knocked to the ground You may have [read more]

Their first album in two years is touted as showing these four Welshmen exploring their Celtic roots. Turns out though that what they’ve really been exploring is how to sound like their old mates U2. In particular the new single Rain In Summertime could have been an outtake from Joshua Tree. Not only has vocalist Mike Peters got his Bono imitation off pat but song titles like Jericho and Hallowed [read more]