‘New Home New Life (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The Alarm

THE ALARM ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’ (21st Century 21C018) * * * * * The Alarm were notorious for unwittingly attracting bad press during theirpeak time in the 80’s. Enduring frequent comparisons to U2 and The Clash, along with jibes about their admittedly ridiculously airborne hairstyles was all in a day’s suffering for the four piece from North Wales. Yet despite the hub of unfavourable and often downright malicious press, [read more]

1/9/1986: The Alarm, Norwegian radio Summary Mike talked about the making of the strength album, about constant touring. He said a year earlier they had wanted to fill stadiums, but decided that was dangerous for a band, so went into the studio to make an album “following their own instincts”. Talked about the band all wearing leather trousers because they are easy to keep clean. “How are you going to [read more]

1/14/1988: The Alarm, Markthalle, Hamburg Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments