Photo: The Alarm MMVI,11/1/2005

12/19/1988: The Alarm, Birmingham (Cancelled because Mike couldn’t see) Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

In 3rd major tragedy in 4 months befalls The Alarm when Nigel Twists’ step-father comits suicide. Nigel is the one who finds him.

Essentially, this record started out life as a CD version of �The Alarm� E.P., which has never been released. Instead, it has become something much more. This CD stands as an historical record, chronicling the sonic rise of a nearly anonymous Wales-based punk band into a chart-topping success story. The album starts out, appropriately enough, with a-side and b-side from The Alarm�s first independent 1981 single Unsafe Building b/w Up [read more]