Gig: 3/11/1986, The Alarm, Rutgers University, NJ

So most of us were half a mile back from the stage in the heaving, sweating darkness but returning after a six month British absence The Alarm were bound to break down all the barriers and set Heaven alight. Sure enough by the middle of the second number ‘Where Were You Hiding?’ the venue was transformed into the Cardiff Arms Park of punk – the roaring hymns and driving anthems, [read more]

Boontown Rats support tour ends.

The disc is being delayed to accommodate Peters’ final round of chemotherapy treatments in his fight against leukemia. He happily credits “all that Aquanet I used in the ’80s” for the full head of hair he’s been able to maintain through the therapy. “You can’t ask for more than that.” Publication::Publication:billboard.cAuthor::