Photo: The Alarm 2000,12/8/2000

Description:Helen Griffen Mike PetersCredits:MPO

There’s this old U2 bootleg out there somewhere, and on it is a one-of-a-kind version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door from New Year’s Eve 1982. Trading verses on the song were Bono of U2, Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Mike Peters of The Alarm. “‘The new breed,’ as Bono described us,” Peters says with a chuckle. The fascinating thing is that at the time, any of the three could [read more]

THE ALARM ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’ (21st Century 21C018) * * * * * The Alarm were notorious for unwittingly attracting bad press during theirpeak time in the 80’s. Enduring frequent comparisons to U2 and The Clash, along with jibes about their admittedly ridiculously airborne hairstyles was all in a day’s suffering for the four piece from North Wales. Yet despite the hub of unfavourable and often downright malicious press, [read more]