Photo: The Alarm,9/22/1989

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]

‘Deceiver, The (demo)’ [4:11] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: You are the power and the glory You are the weakness in defeat Like the rise and fall of the British Empire You make me sick with your conceit You are the weakness You are the sickness that�s in our souls You sow the seeds for our destruction To hell with everything that we’ve done You hold your hands out for [read more]

7/4/1984: The Alarm, “Ruisrock Festival” in Turku, Finland Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments