Photo: The Alarm,7/1/2004

Description: Credits:MPO

INTERVIEW: Before Kloten Festival, May 1984 Notes: A well meaning, but hard to understand German speaking Swiss girl interviewed the band. Her questions are denoted with ‘I:’. I: "I just told People, umm, That you are using mostly acoustic guitars, and ah, not any synthesizers, and this is very rare nowadays, and why do you use no synthesizers?" Mike: "Well we just tend to think of ourselves as a band [read more]

I’ve just got back after a 3-hour drive from Llandudno, and easily two of the best gigs I’ve ever been to.   I’m an 18 year old student, so I haven’t been an Alarm/Mike Peters fan for as long as some. I first saw the band when they supported Status Quo a few years ago, and they instantly became my favourite band (they blew the Quo away!).   Friday night’s [read more]