The Alarm

The Alarm
The Alarm, 1984, from left to right: Eddie McDonald, Mike Peters, and Dave Sharp (Nigel Twist is off-camera)
Background information
Origin	Rhyl, Wales
Genres	Alternative rock new wave post-punk[1][2]
Years active	1981–1991 1999–present
Labels	The Twenty First Century Recording Company I.R.S. Records Illegal Records
Members	Mike Peters James Stevenson Jules Jones Peters Steve "Smiley" Barnard
Past members	Dave Sharp Eddie MacDonald Nigel Twist Craig Adams Steve Grantley Mark Taylor
Website	www.thealarm.com

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 arena 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 is 1983's "Sixty Eight Guns", which reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Their 1984 album Declaration, which contained "Sixty Eight Guns", peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart.