Photo: The Alarm,1/1/1986

12/2/1981: The Alarm, The Venue. London Summary Alarm got gig by calling The Fall, and admitting that they sounded nothing like the band, which pleased the manager of The Fall, since the band hated playing with bands that sounded like The Fall,Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

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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]