Recently Steve “Cast Iron” Smith, vocalist for the legendary punk band Red Alert, passed away. His legend lives on if you can access the internet thanks to contributors who post concerts and footage online. Check out this great live concert from 1995 posted by the user John H!
The setlist included:
01 – City Invasion
02 – Take No Prisoners
03 – They Came in Force
04 – Bad Man
05 – Crisis
06 – There’s A Guitar Burning
07 – Riding The Storm
08 – Long Night in Long Island
09 – It’s Me Boys
10 – In Britain
11 – S.P.G.
12 – The Iron Man
13 – Blockbuster
14 – We’ve Got the Power
15 – Tomorrow’s Girls
16 – Oi! Oi! Oi!
17 – If The Kids Are United
The Official Red Alert band page has posted the following regarding Steve’s untimely passing:
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we have to let everyone know that Steve Castiron Smith passed away last night. He had been in hospital for the last 6 weeks with a blood infection that caused his whole system to shut down. He was put into an induced coma and never recovered… 💔
His funeral was held in Badalona on Saturday 3rd December at Tanatori de Badalona, Cami del Tanatori, s/n/, 08916 Barcelona
Over the course of their career, Red Alert released the following full-length albums with three of their releases landing in the Top 30 in the U.K. charts:
We’ve Got the Power (No Future Records LP, CD) 1983
Blood, Sweat ‘N’ Beers (Nightmare Records LP, CD 1992
Beyond the Cut (Nightmare Records / Knockout Records) 1993
Super Yobs (split with The Templars) (Vulture Records) 1994
Breakin’ All the Rules (Dojo Records CD) 1996
Wearside (Plastic Head Records CD) 1999
Excess All Areas (Captain Oi!, 2005)
XS ROCK claims no ownership of this content or concert and is simply sharing the link that is publicly available on YouTube.
