The Alarm may look like desperado bandits fresh off the cattle truck from Mexico, but in reality you couldn�t hope to meet four nicer boys; honest! The clothes may be black and menacing, the haircuts stiff and spiky, but underneath the tough exterior The Alarm heart ticks to a happy beat! The four musicians from Rhyl in North Wales suddenly found their world turned upside down when their single, �68 [read more]

Time to choose your favourite North WaliansJun 1 2009 by Martin Williams, Daily Post Please email your nominations to martin.williams@dailypost.co.uk by this Friday, 5th June. NOMINATIONS for the 30 greatest North Walians continue to flood in to the Daily Post. Former Prime Minister David Lloyd-George, from Llanystumdwy, is among the front runners, along with tenor David Lloyd. Other choices include Ian Rush, Lemmy, Mike Peters, Dawn French and Robin McBryde. [read more]

When he began working on an Alarm box set, the last thing singer Mike Peters expected to find were R.E.M. live recordings, studio masters, and outtakes. But that’s exactly what he came across, says Peters, along with recordings for his own band and Lords of the New Church. And it was all just three days away from the trash bin. It was his obsession with finding the original master tapes [read more]