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

4/14/2004: The Alarm, NEW ORLEANS, HOUSE OF BLUES (Psychedelic Furs Support) Summary Press Release Updated Note Regarding The Alarm’s three scheduled Texas Concert’s In the tradition of the show must go on: Since today’s earlier announcement regarding Alarm lead-singer Mike Peters flying home to Wales to be by the side of wife Jules for the imminent birth of the couple’s first child, the three remaining members of the band have [read more]

‘Hallowed Ground’ [4:17] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Well the docks lie crippled In the northem towns The boys have all gone away Trying to find work down south And mister I walk in the valley of the shadow Won’t someone have mercy on my soul On my soul, soul, soul HALLOWED GROUND how sad is the sound In a valley that once sang out sang proud HALLOWED GROUND where [read more]

Essentially, this record started out life as a CD version of �The Alarm� E.P., which has never been released. Instead, it has become something much more. This CD stands as an historical record, chronicling the sonic rise of a nearly anonymous Wales-based punk band into a chart-topping success story. The album starts out, appropriately enough, with a-side and b-side from The Alarm�s first independent 1981 single Unsafe Building b/w Up [read more]