Photo: The Alarm,11/2/1985

ANTHEMIC: the Alarm had as much Beatles as Clash and U2 in them, with a strong dash of Mighty Mighty Bosstones camaraderie. Even in their ’80s heyday, the Alarm used to get knocked for writing too many anthems – as if coming up with rock anthems that worked were an easy thing to do. But the Welsh quartet wrote virtually nothing else: they took “The Stand,” they made the “Declaration,” [read more]

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]

‘Where Are We Going (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Where are we going and what are we going to do when we get there? We’ve been everywhere but we always end up back were we started What do we want and will we know it when we see it? We’re looking for something but we don’t know what it is that we’re missing Where are we [read more]