Gig: 7/14/1988, The Alarm, Chicago, IL

  STEVE GRANTLEY INTERVIEW Thanks go to Steve for taking the time out to conduct this interview, and to Katrina Copping for conducting and transcibing it. I start by asking you how you got into playing the drums.  I started banging bongos when I was four years old. I got my first drum kit when I was 11. My parents bought it for me after I had driven them insane [read more]

http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews/the_alarm2.htm THE ALARM Under Attack EMI/Liberty (2006) The Alarm are back with another superb album full of rousing anthems and more mellow acoustic moments. After the comeback success of ‘In The Popppyfields’ which included the band’s hit single ’45 RPM’, the band are back on their old label EMI. It maybe just Mike Peters remaining from the 80’s line-up but then he is the Alarm really. The success of this [read more]