Gig: 4/30/1985, The Alarm, Royal Centre, Nottingham

‘This Train Is Bound For Glory (Live Chicago Vic 1987)’ [3:30] (Woodie Guthrie), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: This train is bound for glory, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This train is leaving town, hitting the road & getting on down This train is bound for glory, this train (this train) This train is bound for glory, this train (this train) This train is leaving town, [read more]

So most of us were half a mile back from the stage in the heaving, sweating darkness but returning after a six month British absence The Alarm were bound to break down all the barriers and set Heaven alight. Sure enough by the middle of the second number ‘Where Were You Hiding?’ the venue was transformed into the Cardiff Arms Park of punk – the roaring hymns and driving anthems, [read more]

‘Working Class Hero’ [3:29] (Lennon), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: As soon as you�re born They make you feel small By giving you no time Instead of it all Till the pain is so big You feel nothing at all A working class hero Is something to be A working class hero Is something to be They hurt you at home And they hit you at school They hate you if [read more]