Fightback : The Alarm (2007)

‘Spirit Of 76 (June 1985 Marcus Studios rough mix)’ [7:07] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Well I find myself in reverie ‘Bout what we might have had And what might have been We had something going once That was such a long, long time ago It was way back in ’76 Our friendship formed of pure innocence We thought we might change the world We were all so much younger [read more]

‘Fel Mae’r Afon’ [4:28] (Yr Alarm), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Mor w�g yw’r dyfodol Yn aros ‘nawr i ti a fi; Dim rhwystr o’r gorffennol, Cerddwn lawr y ffordd yn hy’. ‘R�l dod mor bell ‘Does dim troi ‘n�l i fod; Na’i daflu i gyd i ffwrdd Pan dry rhywbeth da yn sur; ‘Does dim byd sy’ wedi’i sgwennu I ddweud pa ffordd rhaid i ni fynd. ‘Dwi ddim ishio [read more]

There’s this old U2 bootleg out there somewhere, and on it is a one-of-a-kind version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door from New Year’s Eve 1982. Trading verses on the song were Bono of U2, Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Mike Peters of The Alarm. “‘The new breed,’ as Bono described us,” Peters says with a chuckle. The fascinating thing is that at the time, any of the three could [read more]