Gig: 6/18/1991, The Alarm, Alabamahalle, Munich

‘Corridors Of Power’ [3:04] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Picture you on a pedestal So avant-garde of mind Standing in the last ditch Where fallen heroes lie Stand to the left of centre Stand to the right sometimes All good politicians Speak in riddles and in rhymes I’m looking under tables I’m looking under chairs Been searching for an answer Been searching everywhere Yeah Day by day Hour by hour [read more]

Day Seventeen: Tuesday 14 June 2005 James Stevenson arrives back with his son Oscar in tow. We decide to tackle the guitars on ‘Cease And Desist’. Out comes the cherry red 12 string Gibson 335. This is the guitar that gave such a distinctive sound to ’45 R.P.M.’. The intro riff sounds great even though it takes an age for James to get used to the correct way of playing [read more]

‘Marching On (Live KBFH)’ [4:00] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: “hello Boston, how you doing, allright. We’re The Alarm, this song is called Marching On” Well there’s a young boy standing He’s staring at the world You know he can’t control his anger You can see it in his eyes Gonna smash the window He’s gonna tear down the walls Hey mister you don’t understand it Take a look at [read more]