After a year break when there was no need for a podcast because The Alarm was basically podcasting 2 hours of content a week, we are back to discuss  the twin earthquakes that shook The Alarm world this week: War and Alarm Central. 

Never Let The Fires Die: The Alarm Podcast

E26: War and Alarm Central

In this episode we review Hurricane Of Change: Upstream while comparing and contrasting with the 1989 Change album and thealarm.change.demos.  It's like high school English all-over again, but with a ton more great music and a bit of (bleeped) swearing becasue we are just that d*amned passionate about The Alarm's music.

E25: Upstream v. Change

In this episode we have a deep discussion about Mike Peters' 2019 release, Downstream, the first disc in the Hurricane Of Change Collection.  

E24: Hurricane Of Change: Downstream

Were the singles picked from the 80's albums by The Alarm the right choices?  Join us as we banter about things we can never change, and play a ton of music along the way.

E23: What If We Picked The Singles?

An interview about the present, which is where the past and future meet.

E22: 2019 Year-End New Year's Interview With Mike Peters

Thanksgiving is the anniversary of our first  Alarm show (first concert ever) at Cal State Fullerton in November 1985.  In this episode we have a very personal discussion about what that show meant to us as teenagers.In  this discussion we get a few things wrong.  It's been 34 years, not 33.  The show started with Deeside, not Declaration/Marching On, and we cannot confirm the band played The Chant.  The memory of the show has been some what corrupted over the years by listening to "live" tapes.  Speaking of "live" tapes, the music in this episode was taken from the following sketchy live bootlegs, chosen to closely approimate the band when wesaw the mthe first time.-Gaumont Theatre, Southampton 18.12.85-Marquee, London 16.10.85-City Hall, Newcastle 13.12.85 Thanks to Pete Cole for providing the audio files, and to The Alarm , of course, for playing on them.      

E21: First Show

Another in our exclusive series of interview with Mike Peters.This one is preview of record store day 2019, and a discussion of the Strength album reissues (among other things)

E20: Strength Reissue And Record Store Day (Mike Peters Interview)

The season 2 finale of Never Let The Fires Die mixes host discussion and fan thoughts of the 2018 USA tour, with an in depth discussion on the state of The Alarm and the music industry with the man Mike Peters himself.  

E19: Season Finale With Mike Peters Interview

A belated LA Gathering episode plus a short interview with MP from the European tour in June 2018.Includes interview with Alarm super fan Mike Starner.

E18: LA Gathering Recap Plus Bonus MP Euro Tour Interview

In this episode we catch up with Mike Peters on the road, to discuss the new album "Equals".  Mike breaks down the album song by song, and we also get a preview of the mix of "Crowd Trouble"

E17 : Mike Peters Interview - Equals Album Release

In this episode we talk about record store day 2018, and finally reveal the winners of the Mike Peters Harmonica Contest.    The podcast features a not-to-be-missed,  contest winning personal Alarm story written and recorded by Matt Tremmel.

E16: Record Store Day And Contest Results

The Never Let The fires Die Podcast returns from a long hiatus to continue season 2!  In this episode Steve And Jeff Fulton attempt to review the new Declaration album reissue, but are thwarted (somewhat) by some unexplained occurrences.    Will they get it back on track to finish their review?  Also included for absolutely no extra charge: A lesson on how to pronounce a rarely used English word.

E15 : The Unexplained

In this episode Steve and Jeff Fulton review the brand new Viral Black album.   Is it is merely a "great" album or "the Greatest" album.   Also, a Harmonica contest update and another chance to enter before November 1st, 2017.

E14: Viral Black Album Review

Between 2001 and 2003, Mike Peters and his new version of The Alarm demoed and recorded 50 songs that formed basis of the next 1/2 decade of music from The Alarm. "The Bond" was the name of the subscription fans could buy-into so they could receive the songs as they were recorded. In all 11 full electric demos (unreleased), and 5 full albums were produced as part of the The bond, plus countless acoustic demos. The songs went-on the form the basis of the albums "In The Poppy Fields" (2004) and "Under Attack" (2006). In the process, some of those tracks got lost in the dustbin of history. In this episode, we dust off some of those tracks "lost to the fog of time", and create an album from the "Forgotten Tracks Of The In The Poppy Fields Bond" . All of the songs mentioned in this episode can be owned by purchasing the "In The Poppy Fields Collected Works" CD/DVD set on thealarm.com : https://thealarm.myshopify.com/produc...

E13 :Forgotten Songs From The ITPF Bond

On August 6th, 2017 I took my family to The Van's Warped Tour stop in Pomona, CA.   Obviously, we went to see The Alarm, but I also wanted my kids to experience a modern "punk" show and get their reaction.  This is the story of our day. Features: Mike Peters Warped Tour Harmonica Lesson Mike Peters Interview The final few songs of the final show of The Alarm on the 2017 Van's Warped Tour Lot's of family commentary about the whole day Steve Fulton's review of The Van's Warped Tour and The Alarm's performance. 

E12: A Family Visit To The Van's Warped Tour

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