5/7/1989, The Alarm, Black Sun recorded after 6 takes.

Back in 1981, The Alarm was being hailed by some as the next Clash, but just as many were tagging the band as phony Clash poseurs. Ten years, and many ups and downs later, they’ve all but shed those labels and become just another intrepid rock’n’roll band from Wales. Which isn’t a bad thing, considering some of the overdubbed new wavish atrocities they released in the mid-to-late 80’s (a fact [read more]

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For some strange, inexplicable reason, the Welsh have always done well in America. Dylan Thomas, Richard Burton, Tom Jones � they�ve all packed in the punters one way or another in this strange land, and now Mike Peters reckons it�s time for The Alarm to do the same Not that we�re continuously plagued by autograph hunters as we chat on our Saturday morning flight from Philadelphia to Boston, but there�s [read more]