Gig: 4/13/1984, The Alarm, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL

The biggest Alarm gig ever. 25,000+ people witness one of the first live satellite worldwide broadcasts ever. Played live on MTV, but taped for some parts of the world. This show should have been the band’s big break. However, in-fighting would doom the band, and this would end-up their biggest ever highlight. Support gigs for Queen at Wembly stadium would also be great highlights, but in retrospect the Spirit Of [read more]

THE ALARM ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’ (21st Century 21C018) * * * * * The Alarm were notorious for unwittingly attracting bad press during theirpeak time in the 80’s. Enduring frequent comparisons to U2 and The Clash, along with jibes about their admittedly ridiculously airborne hairstyles was all in a day’s suffering for the four piece from North Wales. Yet despite the hub of unfavourable and often downright malicious press, [read more]

Lead Vocals:Mike Peters Lyrics Declare yourself an unsafe building Suffer the indignation of your world, To climb the ladders you’ve gotta suss out the snakes Remember your height remember to never look down. ‘Cause now you’ve made your choice you’ve gotta take your chance Find a way out now you’re unsafe unsafe Come out of the cupboard and into the real world Open the window and let some light into [read more]