The Alarm are a Welsh rock band that formed in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, The Toilets, in 1977, under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the band soon embraced rock and included marked influences from Welsh language and culture. By opening for acts such as U2 and Bob Dylan, they became a popular new wave pop band of the 1980s.
The Alarm’s highest charting single in Britain was 1983’s “Sixty Eight Guns”, which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. Their 1984 album, Declaration, which contained “Sixty Eight Guns”, peaked at number six in the UK Albums Chart.
Associated Acts
Quasimodo PAX The Toilets Seventeen U2 Big Country Dead Men Walking Coloursound
Genres
Alternative rock, new wave
Origin
Rhyl, Wales, United Kingdom
Website
Years Active
1981 1991 1999 present
Name
The Alarm