Thanks for your comments on the AOR show in Glasgow - keep them coming. The band are overwhelmed by the 100%positive feedback received.

Si Smith - DrumsSi Smith sends the following message on behalf of the whole band:
We would like to thank everybody who attended the AOR Show.
You made us all feel very welcome, we enjoyed playing the Alarm songs and hope you enjoyed us playing music that has been the sound track to your lives.
We look forward to seeing you all soon, and spread the word.

Here is a selection of the comments received here at davesharp.org:
Dave & Wayne
  • Dave played with such a level of passion and skill that it simply left me dumbstruck....totally blown away within minutes. In that short moment I mustered more excitement about anything Alarm related than I've been able to in years, it certainly reawoke a hidden passion within me.

  • You know the mark of any decent band when they leave you wanting more and these guys opened up the taps on that emotion big time.

  • Wayne reminded me of a young Mick Jagger and Dave looked like he was having a ball.

  • With perhaps the hardest job of all, lead singer Wayne Parry made no attempt to impersonate Mike Peters but instead gave his own unique interpretation of the lyrics. Faced with an audience who have known every word by heart for 20 years or more, he could have been forgiven for a degree of nerves, but he showed few.

    Dave Sharp - Lead Guitar
  • All in all, it was a special night and certainly one that this fan hopes will be repeated at some point in the future. Far too magical to be a one-off.

  • It was really a magical night, one that almost brought a tear to my eye on 3 or 4 separate occasions as these wonderful songs were played live for the first time in who knows how long.

  • There was a great deal of improvised soloing throughout, some of it utterly captivating, with Sharp acting almost like an orchestra conductor to bass player Dave Brown and drummer Simon Smith. It was a tribute to their ability that they managed to follow so effectively when their frontman was clearly winging it.

  • The Alarm in their original incarnation alternated between straight forward rock and alt-rock. Tonight the emphasis was very much on the latter with the songs chosen featuring Sharp's spooky echo filled guitar sound such as "Black Sun", "Dawn Chorus" and "Prison without Prison Bars".


Photographs by Doug Watson www.myspace.com/soundtrack4life