Gig: 6/17/1982, The Alarm, Leeds University

‘Caroline Isenberg’ [2:56] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Now I never knew her but her story it touched my heart It was in the New York Post that I heard her story told She was a rising star of her day so the story goes But her dream got crushed in the darkness one Sunday morn Now she met her death of the rooftop of 929 An apartment building on [read more]

INTERVIEW: Before Kloten Festival, May 1984 Notes: A well meaning, but hard to understand German speaking Swiss girl interviewed the band. Her questions are denoted with ‘I:’. I: "I just told People, umm, That you are using mostly acoustic guitars, and ah, not any synthesizers, and this is very rare nowadays, and why do you use no synthesizers?" Mike: "Well we just tend to think of ourselves as a band [read more]

‘Spirit Of 76 (June 1985 Marcus Studios rough mix)’ [7:07] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Well I find myself in reverie ‘Bout what we might have had And what might have been We had something going once That was such a long, long time ago It was way back in ’76 Our friendship formed of pure innocence We thought we might change the world We were all so much younger [read more]