Gig: 3/5/2004, The Alarm, BLACKBURN – Blackburn King Georges Hall

Day Fifty One : Monday 22nd July 2005 Run off the mix of ‘Zero’ and then Craig records bass on ‘Few And Far Between’. We then move onto ‘This Is Life [Get Used To It]. I recorded an acoustic track with the microphone at one end of the room which sounded great. I then added another acoustic track with a capo on the second fret so that I could play [read more]

The Alarm Alarm 2000 Collection 21ST CENTURY 21C018 Much derided, even in their heyday, The Alarm suffered from a tendancy to wear their influences (Clash, U2, Dylan) all too obviously on their sleeves. Their songs sometimes struggled clumsily to contain frontman Mike Peters’ big-hearted righteous visions, but when it all clicked together (68 Guns, Blaze of Glory) their stomping rock lit up a moribund ’80s musical landscape. Immaculately packaged and [read more]

2/17/1984: The Alarm, Oxford Road Show, BBC2 TV, UK Summary Recorded at the BBC’s Oxford Road Studios in ManchesterPress Release Set List “The Deceiver” and “Blaze of Glory”Band Comments Fan Comments