Gig: 5/15/1986, The Alarm, Cleveland, OH

Responding to the double chart failure of “The Deceiver” and “The Chant”, the Alarm attempt to quickly regain momentum by recording a new song at Good Earth with Alan Shacklock. “Absolute Reality” end-up sounding much like the best songs from Declaration. The song came from demos for their next album.

‘Up for Murder (Live KBFH)’ [3:25] (Sharp/Twist), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: “I’d like to sing this song called Up For Murder” Well take a look and listen to the things that I have said Well could I really tell the truth with a rifle at my head Yeah, I gunned down a president And I have done a crime But now you’ve got to listen ‘cos I’m running out of [read more]

12/11/1989: The Alarm, Orono, ME Summary Show cancelled because of trajedy in mike’s familyPress Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments I was a student at the University of Maine at the time, and I was actually supposed to do an interview of the band before the show for the college radio station that is there. Unfortunately, the interview, nor the show ever took place because of a family emergency [read more]