These Welsh chaps are making a name for themselves in America, and it�s not hard to see why. They practice a stirring, if rather obvious, brand of rock, rather cliched but doubtless very exciting live.
Not a bad record, but their debt to The Clash threatens to bankrupt them at times.
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Their first album in two years is touted as showing these four Welshmen exploring their Celtic roots. Turns out though that what they’ve really been exploring is how to sound like their old mates U2. In particular the new single Rain In Summertime could have been an outtake from Joshua Tree. Not only has vocalist Mike Peters got his Bono imitation off pat but song titles like Jericho and Hallowed [read more]
12/2/1981: The Alarm, The Venue. London Summary Alarm got gig by calling The Fall, and admitting that they sounded nothing like the band, which pleased the manager of The Fall, since the band hated playing with bands that sounded like The Fall,Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments
‘All Right Now’ [??:??] (Andy Fraser/Paul Rodgers), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There she stood in the street Smiling from her head to her feet I said Hey, what is this? Maybe, maybe Maybe we can see things the same Now don’t you wait or hesitate Let’s move before they raise the parking rate All right now baby, it’s all right now All right now baby, it’s all right now It’s [read more]
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