Gig: 6/1/1985, The Alarm, “Rock in Basel” Fesitval, Switzerland

THE ALARM & THE DAMNED JOIN FORCES FOR THE �3-4-1 UK Tour� MAY 23rd � JUNE 14th 2009 w/ Special Guest Henry Cluney (Stiff Little fingers) As a direct response to the financial climate, The Alarm will co-headline the �3-4-1 UK Tour� with punk rock legends� The Damned. The tour will spearhead a move towards a more acceptable, value for money ticket price that promises concert goers a thrilling night [read more]

Essentially, this record started out life as a CD version of �The Alarm� E.P., which has never been released. Instead, it has become something much more. This CD stands as an historical record, chronicling the sonic rise of a nearly anonymous Wales-based punk band into a chart-topping success story. The album starts out, appropriately enough, with a-side and b-side from The Alarm�s first independent 1981 single Unsafe Building b/w Up [read more]

‘Radar Love’ [??:??] (Kooymans/Hay), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: one-two-three-four one-two-three-four I been drivin all night My hands wet on the wheel A radio voice It’s got to be real I don’t care what ….. What the radio says, got to be so We got a thing and its called radar love We got a thing its got radar love Notes:A cover of the Golden Earring track. Recorded during a jamming [read more]