Gig: 5/9/1985, The Alarm, Apollo, Manchester

Day Thirty Three: Monday 4th July 2005 I get into the studio early today as I want to try and work up a song for ‘Zero’. J.J. has been good to us and I want to do my best to honor his request. At home I had remembered a riff that I had come up with on stage while we were recording the St. David’s Day concert for Radio Cymru. [read more]

ZIGZAG 1982 INTERVIEW + BANDS REUNITED THE ALARM, they hail from North Wales. The Alarm, they dwell in Battersea. The Alarm, they rehearse in a T-Shirt Factory. The Alarm, they are here. In fact the four of them are sitting in the steamy confines of Mike�s Cafe. Mike Peters (Acoustic Guitar and Bass), Dave Sharp (Acoustic Number Two), Nigel Twist (Drums) and Eddie MacDonald (Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Mouth-organs, Paraphernalia). [read more]

‘Sold Me Down The River’ [5:25] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There’s a fire beneath my skin There’s a fever that makes me ill Got a love, a love that kills I’ve got twenty four hours to live Comeback, I’m begging you please Comeback, I’m down on my knees Comeback, I’m begging you please I don’t know why and I don’t understand How you sold me down the river I [read more]