Gig: 4/1/2000, Mike Peters, Plato, Helmond

Concert Preview Taking their cue from the energy and passion of Britain’s punk explosion of the late 70’s, The Alarm burst out of Wales in the early 80’s with songs – such as “The Stand”, “Blaze of Glory” and “Sixty Eight Guns” – that weren’t merely music but calls to arms. Almost a decade after leaving the group – which effectively led to its dissolution – singer and songwriter Mike [read more]

‘Spirit Of 76 (Live Boston Wang Centre, 1988)’ [9:05] (MacDonald/Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: “In 1988, the Spirit of 76” Well, I find myself in reverie ‘Bout what we might have had And what might have been We had something going once That was such a long, long time ago It was way back in ’76 Our friendship formed of pure innocence We first met in Mathew Street And we [read more]

Day Forty Five : Tuesday 16th July 2005 Began the day with a walk along the river into Henley. By ten we were working on comipling the best vocal take from the four that I had sung last night. By the afternoon we were still looking for that counter melody on the bridge, I came up with an idea that James and I worked on together for a while before [read more]