Review: Review: Dead Men Walking: Sunday 4th November 2001

Essentially, this record started out life as a CD version of �The Alarm� E.P., which has never been released. Instead, it has become something much more. This CD stands as an historical record, chronicling the sonic rise of a nearly anonymous Wales-based punk band into a chart-topping success story. The album starts out, appropriately enough, with a-side and b-side from The Alarm�s first independent 1981 single Unsafe Building b/w Up [read more]

9/16/2003: Dead Men Walking, Winchester Theatre Royal, Winchester Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

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]