Gig: 5/2/1987, The Alarm, Leicester University

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]

The Alarm — Declaration I.R.S. As Published in the

Description: b/w Howling Wind (edit) (logo sticker, No PS) Tracks Deceiver, The (radio edit) Howling Wind (radio edit) Notes: