Photo: The Alarm,4/12/1986

‘Let The River Run Its Course’ [3:53] (The Alarm), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: The future�s deserted waiting there for you and me No past is going to stop us blowing down this road apiece Why we�ve come too far, too far to turn back now We can�t just throw it all away when something good goes wrong, oh no Nothing has been written which says which way we have to [read more]

‘Rescue Me (Tearing The Bonds Asunder Mix ) (radio edit)’ [3:03] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: A renegade Rides a run away train To liberate Tear these bonds assunder A fugitive Running from a chain gang Comfort me Grant me absolution Running all my life Running all my day Running through the night Seems like forever Take me now I’m so tired Take me now This time, forever RESCUE ME [read more]

3/26/2004 It was, pardon the pun, a rather alarming publicity stunt. But it worked. Mike Peters, founder of Welsh heart-on-sleeve rockers the Alarm, thought it’d be a hoot to release a new Alarm single under a different band name. Peters shipped “45 RPM,” a classic rocker in that band’s patented style, all chiming guitars and populist sing-along choruses, to British radio stations in a plain white wrapper, with the moniker [read more]