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Review: Raw
People’s Band is the usual grudging accolade afforded to those who have a hard time of it at the hands of the critics. With their essentially optimistic bent, heightened melodramatics and general eagerness to please, The Alarm have been considered a bit wet behind the ears right from the word go. But, a decade on, they’re still in there fighting, even edging up the world rankings, and Raw is a [read more]
Archive
Mike and Eddie Record Demos
While Dave and Nigel stayed at Ezee Hire, Eddie and Mike at The Waterfront in London. They recorded many demos using a drum machine and synthesizer, plus guitars. From thesee demos the future “Eye” songs .’Newtown Jericho’, “Only Love Can Set Me Free”, and the Raw song “Lead Me Through The Darkness”. Eddie Macdonald has described this time his “happiest time in The Alarm’.
Discography
“The Stand”, The Alarm (single) 1983
Charts Reached #86 on the UK singles chart. Versions: 7″ UK: ‘The Stand/Third Light(live)’, cat #:IRS PFP 1014, 7″: Germany: The Alarm: 7 “, ‘The Stand/Reason41″,cat #:ILLEGAL ILSA-3597 7″ USA : The Stand/Reason 41(live) cat #:IRS IR-9922 (Released October 11, 1983) 7″ USA : The Stand/The Stand cat #:IRS IR-9922 (white label promotional) (Released October 11, 1983) 12” UK: The Stand/ For Freedom/Lie Of The Land cat #:IRS PFPX 1014, country: [read more]