Gig: 5/13/1989, The Alarm, Start recording “Devolution Working Man Blues”

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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]

1/23/1990: The Alarm, Newcastle City Hall Summary No Frontiers Tour (to support Change album)Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments