Gig: 3/22/1988, The Alarm, University, San Diego, CA

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The Limit club is packed to the rafters with over-aged and under-aged punks, hippies and students whose enthusiasm is seemingly unbounded. As the evening progresses the sick, smoky atmosphere gets denser and condensation begins to run down the walls and drip off the roof. The Alarm bounce into view and throw themselves into their set with a burning passion, to an instantly wild response from the crowd. Their stance is [read more]

Let�s get this out of the way first. �Superchannel� rocks. It rocks hard. It�s a sing-a-long, balls-out scorcher. It�s catchy enough to be a hit single, yet weighty enough to have layers of meaning tucked just under the surface. It blasts off, out of the speakers, and never turns back. The meaty bass, substantial guitar riffs, relentless drumming, and in-your-face vocals all combine to create a sound that is both [read more]