Gig: 9/24/1983, The Alarm, The Ritz, New York, NY

eDWARD hENRY sTREET Description: 14 Tracks that tell the early story of The Alarm Tracks 1959 The Crescent Edward Henry Street The Sea Where Are We Going Waiting For The Summer Land Of Hope And Glory Bank Holiday Weekend Mercenary Skank Up Downtown In You I See The World Lazy Days Where Have The Good Times Gone? It’s Going To Be a Good Year

THOUGHTS OF A YOUNG MAN Interview by Selma, Firework Fanzine, 1985 (Transcribed for the Internet by Craig Pennuto) Thanks are in order to Alarm manager Ian Wilson, alarm roadie Red-Eye, and, of course, to Mike, not only for taking the time out from his extremely busy schedule to chat, but for being so sweet to his amateur interviewer! We started off by talking about our favorite band ….. FW – [read more]

‘Unsafe Building (1990)’ [4:06] (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm Lead Vocals:Mike Peters Lyrics : Declare yourself an unsafe building Suffer the indignation of your world, To climb the ladders you’ve gotta suss out the snakes Remember your height Remember to never look down. For now you’ve made your choice You’ve gotta take your chance Find a way out now For I I have declared myself unsafe I have declared myself unsafe Come [read more]