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dbboucher

Still like listening to them...

Posted almost 6 years ago

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The Alarm

I've been a fan of The Alarm ever since my older brother brought home this weird tape with a copy of Sixty Eight Guns. It was like nothing I had ever heard before. Of course, to put it into perspective, it was 1984, I was living in small town Canada and was 12 years old. Most of what I heard on the radio was Huey Lewis, Bryan Adams and other standard rock fare of the day. The Alarm was not standard!My brother soon lost interest in the band, but I remained a fan for a long time, and I still enjoy listening to their music today. To me they sound a lot like U2 and The Clash from the same period but they never enjoyed the same success, and certainly not in North America.

Comments (4)

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phantom says WOW, I haven't heard of them in a long time, I remember listing to them as well ;-)

Permalink posted 08/03/2006
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Tyler says i am but a youngin' and alas, have not heard them. although i'm entrigued as to how a band can sound like both U2 and the clash at the same time.

Permalink posted 08/03/2006
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dbboucher says Well to be fair, it's probably more similar to U2 of the time like "New Year's Day", "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "I Will Fall" than "The Clash". That's when they were making traditional songs. Although, unlike U2, their music tended to get pretty strange. I guess I should mention, I don't know "The Clash" as well as I should, but I'm thinking it's not unlike some of the material on "London Calling". The early U2 comparison is probably more appropriate.

Permalink posted 08/03/2006
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dharmachris says man, totally forgot about them til i read your post. they were all over radio in the early 80s.. didn't they have a bagpiper?? Definitely more U2-like than the Clash; must have been the Celtic connection, being Welsh instead of Irish. Blaze of Glory and Where were you Hiding When the Storm Broke? were my faves of the time. thanks for the memory rush!

Permalink posted 08/24/2006