5/26/1983: The Alarm, X-treem’s, Brighton
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Could this have been at the New Regent
Club?
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Description: Credits:Photo Provided By Oli Shaub
‘Wonderful World’ [5:00] (Sharp/Twist), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: Guys wearing gas masks are levelling their guns At school children singing whilst studying sums It�s a clear sign of violence And it’s laced with heavy support This whole situations been dragged through the dirt By gargoyles and monsters and man eating birds Who act like the jury but you never see them stand up in court It’s savage and ugly the [read more]
ANTHEMIC: the Alarm had as much Beatles as Clash and U2 in them, with a strong dash of Mighty Mighty Bosstones camaraderie. Even in their ’80s heyday, the Alarm used to get knocked for writing too many anthems – as if coming up with rock anthems that worked were an easy thing to do. But the Welsh quartet wrote virtually nothing else: they took “The Stand,” they made the “Declaration,” [read more]
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