Gig: 10/23/1995, Mike Peters, East Kilbridge Arts Centre

Mike Peters, former banner-waving, rabble-rousing scout leader of The Alarm, returns with an LP of rare Alarm songs re-recorded for the ’90s. Sounds like a nightmare. Except that stripped of some of The Alarm’s pomposity, the 10 tracks-which range back to the very start of the Rhyl quartet’s career-sound surprisingly human. Forget for a second the frightened, on-end haircuts and tassled jackets and the result is a likably strummy set, [read more]

’21st Century (radio edit)’ [3:58] (Mike Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I used to be a sweet and innocent child See the world in pictures of black and white Now it’s all fading into one big crazy Twenty first century attitude (Come on, come on) I can’t move I can’t sit still Positives and negatives are making me ill I can’t speak but I’m not dumb I might look like [read more]

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