Photo: The Alarm,12/1/1984

Day One: Monday 23 May 2005 A new album, a new place, a new situation, a new label. As always when starting a new album, all the hopes and fears are there in the pit of your stomach. I have acquired a Chapel in North Wales and have decided to record the new ‘Alarm’ album within it’s walls. Day one is not really day one but this is where it [read more]

Day Thirty Eight: Monday 11th July 2005 Finally get to the Doghouse Studios and it feels like home straight away. George and Barrie are there to meet me, Jules and Dylan. Barriemore Barlow is the owner and he once played drums for Jethro Tull back in the seventies. He is a great guy always full of jokes. The weather is beautiful, there is a swimming pool and a small football [read more]

‘Rock, The’ [4:39] (The Alarm), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I’m a man who bites hard on the bullet of silence If only you could feel the pain I hide Know me, like I know you Still water running deep in the cavern of my soul So many roads lead nowhere Know me, like I know you Like a rock, waves clash over me Standing silent, waiting to be set free [read more]