Read a review of the first Coloursound album from The Phantom Tollbooth.
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Review: ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’
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]
The Gathering 15 Review by Dave Jones
The Gathering 15 – 2007 The Gathering 15 – 2007 Electric – Saturday 27th January 2007 – When the three seven’s clash! review by Dave Jones It was the greatest Mike Peters / Alarm concert ever and we didn’t see it coming. The signs were all there before the show, Spirit Of ’76 early on Friday night, The Alarm 7/7/07 type-face on the t-shirt, the punk rock disco, Steve Diggle [read more]
Review: Coloursound
Legends in their own times, Billy Duffy, the axeman for The Cult, and Mike Peters, the front-man for The Alarm, have teamed up to create an album of full-throttle, guitar-driven rockers and melodic alterna-pop hits. Although this project was born out of mutual respect and friendship not ambition, their collaboration to reconquer the airwaves makes good marketing sense. Both of these blokes rose and fell from fame with a series [read more]