6/26/2023 0 Comments Top of the line rittz album sales![]() ![]() Top 40 hit) was released in 1985 and spawned Mike Peters’ autobiographical ‘Spirit of ’76’. The Alarm’s second album, ‘Strength’ (the title track becoming The Alarm’s first U.S. Release of their debut LP, Declaration’, which went Top Five in its first week of release. ‘Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke’ was another chart success before the ![]() In fact the band had its first chart success in the USA with ‘The Stand’, flying back from America to appear on their very first Top Of The Pops, when they scored their first British chart hit with the rousing ’68 Guns�, which made the Top 20 in September 1983. After 21 years in the rock and roll business, the story of The Alarm is a continuing and ever unfolding drama that still commands worldwide attention since being formed in Rhyl, North Wales by lead singer and guitarist Mike Peters.Īlthough never signed directly to a major label, The Alarm can lay claim to a series of 16 Top 50 singles, seven successful albums and over 5 million sales worldwide where The Alarm’s pioneering use of acoustic guitars brought the band into direct contact with the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and U2, who have all appeared and sung on stage with The Alarm.
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