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BAND MEMBERS
BIOGRAPHY The band was formed in Rhyl , Wales in 1977 and was originally called The Toilets, and then Seventeen, which was the age of all of the members within the band. They were subsequently renamed Alarm Alarm. However, lead singer Mike Peters decided to change the name again, because too many bands during the early 1980s had redundant names, such as The The and Duran Duran . An early member of the band was Karl Wallinger, who later founded World Party . The band toured extensively through the United States and Europe through the 1980s into 1991 . They gained much popularity in 1983 as they were the opening act during U2 's War Tour , and The Alarm were often compared musically to U2. On March 13 , 1988 , The Alarm performed at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California with The 77s and House Of Freaks . Audience members included Neil Young . Despite their success, and relative longevity, after the release of Raw in 1991, The Alarm disbanded. Later, lead singer, Mike Peters, re-organized the group again with different members, including Craig Adams (ex The Sisters Of Mercy , The Mission , The Cult ) and Steve Grantley of Stiff Little Fingers , and released the ''In the Poppy Fields'' CD in 2004 . The lead off single reached the Top 40, on indie Snapper Music , after the band credited the track to The Poppyfields and got a younger band to front the single in their video. However the second single, credited to the Alarm, charted a few places lower than the 40. The original members of The Alarm finally appeared together on the VH1 show '' Bands Reunited '' in 2005 , and performed live in London . The Alarm's single ''68 Guns'' has been featured in an American Heineken beer television commercial. February 2006 saw the UK release of a new album, ''Under Attack'', on EMI , and, for the first time the UK it also had a DVD with a separate video for each of the 13 songs. The videos were shot and edited in a record breaking three days, in and around their 'hometown' of Rhyl, by 1000 Words Productions. In late December 2005, singer Mike Peters revealed he has been diagnosed with a form of cancer called Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia , but it was diagnosed in its early stages and his prognosis is favourable. DISCOGRAPHY Albums
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