Gig: 8/25/1994, Mike Peters, Fibbers, York

Mike Peters, former banner-waving, rabble-rousing scout leader of The Alarm, returns with an LP of rare Alarm songs re-recorded for the ’90s. Sounds like a nightmare. Except that stripped of some of The Alarm’s pomposity, the 10 tracks-which range back to the very start of the Rhyl quartet’s career-sound surprisingly human. Forget for a second the frightened, on-end haircuts and tassled jackets and the result is a likably strummy set, [read more]

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