Gig: 4/22/1986, The Alarm, Clarion

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]

Day Fourteen: Thursday 9 June 2005 Steve and Martin do some work on editing / tidying up the drums on ‘Without A Fight’ before Steve leaves us for a weekend of gigs with ‘Stiff Little Fingers’. Myself, James and Craig are going to concentrate our energies on recording the guitar parts to the tracks we have already done. James Stevenson has just acquired a 1970’s Gibson Les Paul bass guitar [read more]

5/14/1983: The Alarm, Leeds University Summary Press Release Set List Shout to the devil Declaration For freedom Where were you hiding Reason 41 Up for Murder The Deceiver Blaze of Glory The Stand Tell Me Third light Across the border What kind of hell 68 Guns == Unsafe Building Lie of the Land Marching On (Nigel Peat)Band Comments Fan Comments My best gig ever, simply because it was the first [read more]