Photo: The Alarm MMVI,11/1/2005

<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I253n2UFdk4"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I253n2UFdk4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>   <center><img src=http://thealarm.com/777/ep4cove400r.jpg></center> The fourth installment in the Counter Attack Collective is arriving in your letter boxes even as you are reading this message….   ‘Situation Under Control’ is the title of this latest mini album of original material from Mike Peters and The Alarm MMVII and features the following song titles:   01 The Checkout [read more]

‘Road, The’ [3:13] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Every day I get up from off the floor I keep on coming back for more and more So many times I get it in the face I keep on running ‘ til my dying day Rain on the roadway, thunder in the sky The light of day disappears from sight As the road opens up in front of my eyes These [read more]

The Alarm Re-formed for the new millennium, they are still one of the biggest Welsh bands ever Boyo Tom Jones looks at a new box-set covering their career In the last five years, the sheep jokes have gradually fallen by the wayside in the wake of ‘Cool Cymru’, which was sparked by the success of the Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, 69 Foot Dolls, Super Furry Animals and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. [read more]