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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1984 - August: The Alarm ”Declaration”
Description: Welsh band The Alarm formed in 1981 out of a previous punk band called The Toilets. After extensive touring, the band would release their debut studio album entitled Declaration — released in February 1984 in vinyl and cassette, and the release on then-new compact disc (CD) format was in June of 1984. The album was on the charts in August when we feature it.
The band consisted of Mike Peters on lead vocals, harmonica, and acoustic guitar, Dave Sharp on backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Eddie MacDonald on bass guitar and vocals, and Twist (aka Nigel Buckle, aka Nigel Twist) on p...