StokeIrons wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:45 pm
Remember spotting him at Old Trafford in 2016 when we were robbed of a victory in the cup. Big Chas (Romford) R.I.P. and myself looked at each other and both said "Isn't that him out of The Alarm?"
Did a lot of good work and carried his illness for a long time.
R.I.P.
Very much a fan. A regular at Old Trafford as a young boy. Incredible that he's been fighting illness for thirty years.
The earliest ticket stub I can find is from ' 88 though I am sure I caught them earlier than that. Truly one of the good guys.
Junco Partner wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:54 pm
There was a brief time in my youth where I reckon The Alarm were my favourite band, all that righteous anger, punk spirit and all that spiky hair done it for me. They had some cracking tunes amongst the sometimes overblown rock cliches, and even though they chased the US market a bit much in their heyday they never forgot their punk roots and their Welshness.
I can see why they were your favourite band Junco. I've just watched two programmes on BBC Wales about them. The 1st was Rewind:60 years of Welsh Pop (Alarm special), the 2nd a live performance from Llandudno to celebrate the 25th anniversary of (The Gathering) which I believe was a yearly event dedicated to the music of Mike Peters and his band.
I can honestly say I didn't hear one bad song. All sounded great, really anthemic and the type of stuff I probably would have been into if I had checked them out properly. Feel gutted I missed out on this great band.
Up the Junction wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:45 pm
Think he also fronted Big Country following Stuart Adamson's death. Sad news.
Love Big Country seen them Loads....had Close links with Mike and the Alarm,often were the support band,even recently,
and like you said done some stuff with Country...
What a shame truly gutting,long battle for him....Love and Respect....RIP Mike.
They were also a favourite of mine in my yoof. I seem to remember seeing them supporting U2 in the Arms Park way, way back (1987?), with the Pretenders and The Silencers (I thought UB40 were there too but my brain isn't what it once was). The Alarm never gave anything less than 100% and belted out some great songs...
RIP, Sir and thanks.
I remember being wowed by The Alarm when they first appeared on Top of The Pops playing 68 Guns. The anthemic rabble rousing call to arms, plus they played acoustic guitars loudly … and the cans of hairspray, had an influence on me as a callow youth.
woodgreenspur wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:44 pm
Mike Peters vocalist of Welsh band the Alarm has died .
He has suffered from blood cancer for years according to the report
68 guns is a classic from that era.
God bless
Saw the Alarm at the Engine rooms in 2022. Really enjoyable.
Ms Eggchaser was a big fan back in the day.
We both saw them at Wembley in 86 on the Queen/Quo tour some 20 odd years before we met.
am guessing most on here will have read a lot of his stuff...
Brian Glanville, doyen of football writers who was also an accomplished novelist
As the Sunday Times’s football correspondent from 1958 to 1992, Glanville brought a loftiness, trenchancy and sophistication to coverage of the game that redefined the role and made him a legend among his peers. Football followers turned to Glanville’s pieces in the certainty of encountering forceful commentary, stylistic flair, unmatched insights, arresting exclusives, and, perhaps above all, a window on to the wider football world that no other writer offered.
While a certain insularity continued to beset English football culture during the Glanville years, he himself embraced the overseas game with a scholarly passion, educating the reader in its personalities and its dramas, as well as in tactical trends such as the Total Football deployed by the fabled Dutch team of the 1970s.
am guessing most on here will have read a lot of his stuff...
Brian Glanville, doyen of football writers who was also an accomplished novelist
Some very readable obits and memories from his colleagues in yesterdays ST.
Martin Samuel punted this story about how witty Brian was, noting he was a dramatist as well as a journalist. Glanville criticised George Grahams Arsenal for a lack of quality in a game. George spied Brian at the next press conference and lays into him as the great man is leaving the room "Brian, why don't you write something of quality? "Just as he is walking out the door Brian turns and replies "You play some quality George, and I'll write about it".
First heard of Brian Glanville when I was given a book he’d written on the history of the World Cup as a kid.
It was brilliantly written, and I always found his football writing subsequently to be excellent.
Not sure we’ll see a football writer/ journalist of his kind again.
RIP .
It's a dog eat dog world out there... and I'm wearing milkbone underwear... !!!!
Cheers Norm.. next beer I have, will be in your memory.. some many loveable lines, so many great characters.. I still have the entire series on my hard drive and like Frasier, pick out an episode here and there when I'm looking to fill 25 minutes and there's still some great LOL moments there...
