Gig: 4/20/1985, The Alarm, Astra Theatre, Llandudno

Day Seventeen: Tuesday 14 June 2005 James Stevenson arrives back with his son Oscar in tow. We decide to tackle the guitars on ‘Cease And Desist’. Out comes the cherry red 12 string Gibson 335. This is the guitar that gave such a distinctive sound to ’45 R.P.M.’. The intro riff sounds great even though it takes an age for James to get used to the correct way of playing [read more]

<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I253n2UFdk4"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I253n2UFdk4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>   <center><img src=http://thealarm.com/777/ep4cove400r.jpg></center> The fourth installment in the Counter Attack Collective is arriving in your letter boxes even as you are reading this message….   ‘Situation Under Control’ is the title of this latest mini album of original material from Mike Peters and The Alarm MMVII and features the following song titles:   01 The Checkout [read more]

‘Tan’ [4:34] (Yr Alarm), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Tyrd i orwedd yn fy mreichiau Rho i mi loches dan dy hud: Drachtiais i o�r dyfroedd tanllyd O�r rhyddid sydd yn llenwi�r byd Daw lleuad newydd o�r tywyllwch Duw, �dwi angen fy iachau Rho i mi�r moddion sy�n lleddfu Rho i mi�r gair Rho i mi�r gair sy�n fy rhyddhau T�n Yn cerdded hyd fy nghnawd T�n Well I ti adael [read more]