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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