Photo: The Alarm,7/12/2003

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The Alarm have combed down their hair and finally plugged in their guitars. Martin Wroe turns up the volume and takes a long hard look at the Welsh wonders’ second album. Eight years ago, in a school in North Wales, two punked-up young boys discovered mutual inspiration in a band called The Clash and formed a punk combo named The Toilets. Those two lads, in the flush of youth, were [read more]

Daily Variety 11/10/04 Duo sounding Alarm for prank movie Band prank produces pic By Phil Gallo A true life rock ‘n’ roll ruse in which a veteran punk band proved it could compete with the youngsters is heading for the bigscreen. The Alarm, a Welsh punk outfit that was described as “the acoustic Clash” when they emerged in 1983 with “68 Guns,” found an intriguing way to return to the [read more]