Photo: The Alarm,10/1/1985

10/8/1983: The Alarm, Polytechnic, Manchester Summary Press Release Set List Shout to the devil Declaration For freedom Marching On Reason 41 Up for Murder The Deceiver Blaze of Glory The Stand Tell Me Third light Across the border 68 Guns == Lie of the Land A Legal Matter Maggie May == Breakdown We are the light (Nigel Peat) Included Buzzcock’s Breakdown & Rod Stewart’s Maggie MayBand Comments Fan Comments

The Alarm have released a nine-CD box set, The Alarm 2000 Collection. The set, available only at the ’80s rock band’s Web site (www.thealarm.com), consists of the complete recorded works of the band from 1981-1991, as well as a special “dedication” CD. For each fan who orders the set, the band’s original lead vocalist and guitarist, Mike Peters, will record the Alarm song of the fan’s choice, plus a personalized [read more]

Day Twenty Five: Friday 24th June 2005 Today we set about making ‘This Is Life [Get Used To It]’ work. James and I spent an hour just working over the chords and seeing if we could accommodate a song of his within the framework. It took a few hours but finally we have the ‘ballad’ for the album. It’s not really a ballad but it is the ‘slowest’ song on [read more]