Gig: 3/8/1986, The Alarm, Stone Ballroom, Newark, NJ (Univ. of Delaware)

3/24/1986: The Alarm, Alburquerque, NM Summary Opening For Pat Benatar on the Seven The Hard Way TourPress Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

‘Federal Motor Voter’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Notes: ?Mike Peters Notes: ?Dave Sharp Notes: ?Eddie MacDonald Notes: ?Nigel Twist Notes: ?

Still on a roll from a year of Bob Dylan supports, The Alarm make up for lost time this side of the Atlantic with a Tony Visconti-produced concept LP that bemoans the fate of their ailing Welsh homeland. Simultaneously released with Welsh language vocals as Change, this is a stadium-sized pub-rock set that lacks the gusto and rampant commerciality of their 68 Guns secondhand The Clash without ever really living [read more]