Gig: 9/13/1984, The Alarm, WBCN (Boston) radio interview

Mike Peter’s father dies in the UK while Dave Sharp is on a writing tour in NYC. While Dave is off in New York to write songs for what would become his first solo album, Mike Peters suffers a terrible tragedy when his father dies suddenly of natural causes.

‘Happy Christmas (War Is Over)’ [3:41] (Lennon/Ono), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over A new one just begun So this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and for poor ones The road is so long And [read more]

‘Unbreak The Promise’ [2:26] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There’s something that must now be spoken Now that all the barriers are broken down I want to bury my words in the heartland soil Too much has fell on stony ground I never lost that true gut feeling That a generation could bring change And even though it’s been eroded And wom away with time I still believe we’ve got [read more]