Photo: The Alarm,9/1/1987

THE ALARM ‘The Alarm 2000 Collection’ (21st Century 21C018) * * * * * The Alarm were notorious for unwittingly attracting bad press during theirpeak time in the 80’s. Enduring frequent comparisons to U2 and The Clash, along with jibes about their admittedly ridiculously airborne hairstyles was all in a day’s suffering for the four piece from North Wales. Yet despite the hub of unfavourable and often downright malicious press, [read more]

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“The Deceiver” released as a single. Reaches #51 in the UK, #104 in the USA. This failure drovethe Alarm back into the studio to record “The Chant Has Just Begun”