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Remembering Mike Peters of The Alarm

Remembering Mike Peters of The Alarm

In the early ’80s, U2 dominated like few others.

Meanwhile there was a plucky little group from Wales that had a slightly similar sound, infectious idealism, and anthems for days.

The band was The Alarm, and its frontman was Mike Peters, who succumbed to a decades-long fight with blood cancer on Tuesday.

Peters, like many in the mid 1970s, began his musical journey with punk. In 1978 his band made the decision to change their name from The Toilets to Quasimodo.

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Mike Peters at Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, England

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November gets plenty of credit for turkey, football and the annual rush to buy a slightly larger television. The record stores deserve a little attention, too. From Nirvana unplugging to Wu-Tang kicking the door in, this month has delivered an impressive pile of albums and plenty of ways to drown out Thanksgiving arguments. Here’s one for every day.

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