Gig: 2/6/1984, The Alarm, State Ballroom, Liverpool

Ian wilson from Wasted Talent, the booking agent for U2, The Clash, The Police, The Pretenders ses the band and agrees to become their manager. His ties to those other bands help The Alarm get started. In effect Wilson becomes the de-facto 5th member of the band, and the realtionship lasts until 1988.

Here is very interesting blog post from Derek Bell at over at Stevens Point Journal.  It echos some of the sentiment from my 2005 post about The Alarm and U2. <a href= http://thealarm.com/dispart.asp?id=1081 >Close, The Alarm, And U2: The Words I’ve Been Holding In For Too Long</a>.  Here is an excerpt:   <i> For what was once the journey of rock and roll brethren, on a mission to recapture the [read more]

“68 Guns” was recorded at Good Earth Studios in London and produced by Alan Shacklock.