Photo: The Alarm,9/1/1983

The Alarm � In the Poppyfields (Snapper Music) Fresh from their amusingly successful exploits humiliating and exposing the prejudicial arrogance of the high and mighty music press with their recent Top 30 single posing as the Poppyfields, The Alarm return with a new album that seems to owe more than a little influentially to U2. I�m proud to say that we weren�t fooled by the band�s recent spoof outing. In [read more]

‘Rivers To Cross’ [3:42] (The Alarm), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Early one morning Across the fields of dawn Crooked is the shadow That falls on my land Storm clouds overhead Like birds of prey in wait How can we undo What cannot be undone I feel the darkness heavy Heavy on my heart There’s distance between us Tearing us apart How many rivers must I cross? Somehow, somewhere I will [read more]

4/24/1985: The Alarm, Guildhall, Portsmouth Summary Press Release Set List Includes “Vigilante Man”Band Comments Fan Comments