Gig: 2/6/1990, The Alarm, Exeter University

When he began working on an Alarm box set, the last thing singer Mike Peters expected to find were R.E.M. live recordings, studio masters, and outtakes. But that’s exactly what he came across, says Peters, along with recordings for his own band and Lords of the New Church. And it was all just three days away from the trash bin. It was his obsession with finding the original master tapes [read more]

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‘Bells Of Rhymney (Live)’ [3:05] (Lyrics:Idris Davies Music: Pete Seeger), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: “This is a song that I hope will make any Welshman proud to be on this stage this evening. This is a song of Wales, this is called The Bells Of Rhymney” O what can you give me? Say the sad bells of Rhymney. Is there hope for the future? Cry the brown bells of Merthyr. [read more]