Photo: The Alarm,9/15/1989

The Alarm have combed down their hair and finally plugged in their guitars. Martin Wroe turns up the volume and takes a long hard look at the Welsh wonders’ second album. Eight years ago, in a school in North Wales, two punked-up young boys discovered mutual inspiration in a band called The Clash and formed a punk combo named The Toilets. Those two lads, in the flush of youth, were [read more]

The Western Mail from 23rd June. (From “Singled Out” as the best of the 3 singles reviewed & given 3 stars) “Taken from The Alarm’s excellent new album Under Attack, Raindown is driven by spiky and very current sounding electric guitar riffs that give way to Mike Peters’ impassioned voice and a chorus that’s both anthemic and rich in harmony.” Publication:: Author::

‘New South Wales, A (session)’ [??:??] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: ? Notes:Recorded For The Mark Goodier Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 25th Sept 1989Mike Peters Notes: ?Dave Sharp Notes: ?Eddie MacDonald Notes: ?Nigel Twist Notes: ?