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The Alarm

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Biografía

The Alarm began in 1978, in the North-Wales town of Rhyl, under the name of 'Seventeen'. Its 4 members were Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald and Nigel Twist. They knocked around the music scene for a while with little success and reformed as 'Alarm Alarm' (taken from one of Seventeen's songs) in 1981. Then John Peel compared them to 'Duran Duran' and 'Talk Talk' and they quickly changed their name to 'The Alarm'. With the change of their name, came a change of location. The Alarm moved to London and shared a small flat in the city to save money for their first single, 'Unsafe Building' b/w 'Up For Murder'. They came to the attention of U2 in '82 and toured with them as their support band (they frequently reprised that role). In 1983, 'Sixty-eight Guns' was released. It became their biggest hit, propelling them to #17 in the charts, and they appeared on Top of The Pops for the first and last time. Throughout the decade, the band made more albums, including 'Strength' and 'Eye of the Hurricane'; but by the late 80's The Alarm had begun to drift apart, with Dave Sharp feeling isolated and left out of the song writing process. The relationships within the band were deteriorating. Their last album, '

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Change
Change
Declaration
Declaration
Standards
Standards
The Eye Of The Hurricane
The Eye Of The Hurricane
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Canciones

1 Love Don't Come Easy Change
2 Blaze Of Glory Standards
3 Third Light Declaration
4 Shelter The Eye Of The Hurricane
5 Devolution Workin' Man Blues Change
6 How The Mighty Fall Change
7 Prison Without Prison Bars Change
8 One Step Closer To Home The Eye Of The Hurricane
9 The Deceiver Declaration
10 Hardland Change
11 Declaration Declaration
12 Presence Of Love The Eye Of The Hurricane
13 A New South Wales Change
14 Shout To The Devil Declaration
15 Rain In The Summertime The Eye Of The Hurricane
16 Sixty Eight Guns Standards
17 Change II Change
18 Sold Me Down The River Standards
19 Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? Standards
20 Howling Wind Declaration