Strength single is released. Reaches #40 in the UK, #61 on the USA Hto 100 chart, #12 on the Mainstream rock chart. The Alarm finally havea bigger hit in the USA than in the UK.
Songs
‘Edward Henry Street (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The Alarm
‘Edward Henry Street (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Beg phil and the suicidal kid came into town Scratch ran the Kavern records empire and discovered the big new sounds The middle of nowhere sound of Edward Henry Street Puma pete and richie mod and paul from the catholic school Eddie mac and my brother steve got caught breaking all the rules The middle of nowhere blues [read more]
Songs
‘Reason 41 (Live KBFH)’ [2:52] (Sharp), The Alarm
‘Reason 41 (Live KBFH)’ [2:52] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: “OK This is a song called reason 41. One two three four” Well I used to wonder why that When it’s black there is no white And why that when it’s day There is never any night I got talking to a soldier and he tried to set things right He said, “If you want peace them you will always [read more]
News
News: 45 RPM Makes it to #28 On UK Top 40!!
A major achievment!! 45 RPM just played on BBC Radio 1 on the weekly top-40 show, It was #28 for weekly sales figures. This is the first time an Alarm-related song has been in the top-40 for nearly 15 years! The song was played in it’s entirety and the DJ read a short blurb about the song actually being by “The Alarm” and how they changed their name for the [read more]