Gig: 3/31/1984, The Alarm, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

‘Hardland’ [4:09] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Hardland ripped & torn apart Hard dreams leave scarred In the lines of my face The story of faith Hardland I came back Home to a hardland Where a man is judged By the scars on his face Where that sliding scale still operates To come home, I had to go away from here HARDLAND I saw a land Standing at the crossroads [read more]

Back at Good Earth Studios , The Alarm record a new single to capture the current sound at the time (i.e “Frankie Goes To Hollywood”). Alan Shacklock produced the track. All agree that it was a failed experiment.

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