Video : Mike Peters: Back Into The System

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Mike Peters, former banner-waving, rabble-rousing scout leader of The Alarm, returns with an LP of rare Alarm songs re-recorded for the ’90s. Sounds like a nightmare. Except that stripped of some of The Alarm’s pomposity, the 10 tracks-which range back to the very start of the Rhyl quartet’s career-sound surprisingly human. Forget for a second the frightened, on-end haircuts and tassled jackets and the result is a likably strummy set, [read more]

Day Thirty One: Saturday 2nd July 2005 Martin isn’t going to be with us today so we have set up just to rehearse / demo two new songs. While Steve’s been away for the last few days, he has been listening to a CD of all the backing tracks so far. I asked Steve how it was all sounding and what kind of song did he think we needed to [read more]