Gig: 5/16/1984, The Alarm, The Lyceum, London

Day Twenty Two: Tuesday 21st June 2005 Back into the serious business of the album. We decide to have a run through ‘Few And far Between’. Steve and I had come up with the idea of merging the song with the end of ‘My Defenses’ from the Poppy Fields Bond. At first we play it like it has been done live in recent times. Then the ideas start to flow, [read more]

‘Absolute Reality (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:43] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: One, two Hey now now Hey You may be rich You may be poor You may have nothing in this world at all You may be black,you maybe white You may be a prisoner in your own times You may be lost. You may be found You may have been beaten up and knocked to the ground You [read more]

This powerful, articulate, and alarming Declaration of desperation, anger, frustration, and ardent passionate dedication to their cause makes “Declaration” by the Alarm a must for all who are troubled by the lack of control young people experience in longing to order their destiny and affect change. For those who lived through the sixties, it is a re-declaration and challenge to continue questioning and hopefully changing a society that refuses to [read more]