This is the first editorial I wrote about The Alarm for the web.  I planned it for release on the 10th anniversary of the Spirit Of' 86 concert.   It was originally published on The Alarm Archive web site.

Spirit 'Of '86, A Fan Looks Back

by Steve Fulton (USA Alarm Archive President)

"I Was There"

That phrase seems to stick out in my mind, twist around, and implode every time I see it on the "Spirit Of '86" stickers that I have tucked away in one of my Alarm scrapbooks. Not just because, truth be told, I was there on April 12th, 1986, but also because of the bittersweet irony that it represents. I remember that day, 10 years ago, as vividly as any day in my entire life. It was a day, when the biggest rock 'n roll event in the world was centered around The Alarm: two Welshman and two transplanted Englishman who created the most unbelievably inspiring music I had ever heard. April 12th 1986 was the day I witnessed, what I believe, was the finest moment of The Alarm, but also the beginning of their end.