Gig: 6/21/1982, The Alarm, Hammersmith Clarendon, London

‘When You Can’t Have What Everybody Else Has (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:

‘Deceiver, The (radio edit)’ [3:50] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: You are the power and the glory You are the weakness in defeat Like the rise and fall of the British Empire You make me sick with your conceit You are the weakness You are the sickness that�s in my soul You are you are you are the maker You are called greed and you�re a cheat You are you [read more]

THE ALARM ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’ (21st Century 21C018) * * * * * The Alarm were notorious for unwittingly attracting bad press during theirpeak time in the 80’s. Enduring frequent comparisons to U2 and The Clash, along with jibes about their admittedly ridiculously airborne hairstyles was all in a day’s suffering for the four piece from North Wales. Yet despite the hub of unfavourable and often downright malicious press, [read more]