Gig: 2/28/1994, Mike Peters, Bangor – University

Since the Sharpening Club closed down, it’s been busy times back at MPO HQ. ‘Mopping up’ after the USA, ‘setting up’ for the Gathering Nine and ‘revving up’ for the UK Second Generation Tour. Despite his busy schedule Mike has been ‘stepping up’ with his personal trainer, Johnny Marine: ‘pressing up’ in streams and running up local mountains. Performing for two hours a night requires great stamina and so Mike [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]

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]