RIP Mike Peters. First Barrowland gig I ever went to, forty years ago next month. The Alarm's next show there (Dec 85) was one of my top gigs ever. An inspiration in the way he lived his life as well as the music he played. His 2004 hit "45 RPM" remains an all-timer for me. - ThreadSky

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brookmyre.bsky.social • 19 days ago

RIP Mike Peters. First Barrowland gig I ever went to, forty years ago next month. The Alarm's next show there (Dec 85) was one of my top gigs ever. An inspiration in the way he lived his life as well as the music he played. His 2004 hit "45 RPM" remains an all-timer for me.

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scarletrix.bsky.social•19 days ago

Ah, man, that's a rotten one. Wish I'd got to see them live in that mid80s period of fabulousness. Off to play Rain in the Summertime on repeat...

ekd69.bsky.social•19 days ago

Was the Christmas 85 one, the one were a scuffle broke out and Mike says, hey there'll be no fighting out there if anyone wants to fight they go thru me first.....
They did a version of pinball wizard for encore too if I remember

brookmyre.bsky.social•19 days ago

Don't remember the scuffle, but I do remember Pinball Wizard. They also did a cover of Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody", as it was December 23rd.

baldockboro.bsky.social•18 days ago

They did that at Hammeramith Odeon too. Great show

ekd69.bsky.social•19 days ago

Forgot about that, was the last night of the tour, my first Alarm gig was earlier that year also at the Barrowlands, think it was April/May time.

martynwaites.bsky.social•19 days ago

Oh, that’s a bad one. No one could rock a can of hair spray and a bandana quite like him.

jagjw.bsky.social•19 days ago

Ah that’s so sad. The Alarm at the Caley Palais in Edinburgh in 84 was my first ever gig and saw them a number of times over the years. Great live band.

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