Photo: The Alarm,10/28/2003

Your reaction to this album will probably depend upon whether or not you’ve already come to any conclusions regarding one of the most popular touring bands of the last few months. If you’ve decided that the Alarm have come along by way of replacement for the Clash, you’re not only mistaken (on more than one count but you’re also going to be extremity disappointed. Indeed, those who have misinterpreted what [read more]

Declaration” recording continues. The album finally gets it’s official name.

There’s this old U2 bootleg out there somewhere, and on it is a one-of-a-kind version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door from New Year’s Eve 1982. Trading verses on the song were Bono of U2, Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Mike Peters of The Alarm. “‘The new breed,’ as Bono described us,” Peters says with a chuckle. The fascinating thing is that at the time, any of the three could [read more]