Event: 9/1/1983, The Alarm, WBCN Boston

3/26/2004 It was, pardon the pun, a rather alarming publicity stunt. But it worked. Mike Peters, founder of Welsh heart-on-sleeve rockers the Alarm, thought it’d be a hoot to release a new Alarm single under a different band name. Peters shipped “45 RPM,” a classic rocker in that band’s patented style, all chiming guitars and populist sing-along choruses, to British radio stations in a plain white wrapper, with the moniker [read more]

THOUGHTS OF A YOUNG MAN Interview by Selma, Firework Fanzine, 1985 (Transcribed for the Internet by Craig Pennuto) Thanks are in order to Alarm manager Ian Wilson, alarm roadie Red-Eye, and, of course, to Mike, not only for taking the time out from his extremely busy schedule to chat, but for being so sweet to his amateur interviewer! We started off by talking about our favorite band ….. FW – [read more]

4/1/1986: The Alarm, Vancouver, Canada Summary Opening For Pat Benatar on the Seven The Hard Way TourPress Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments