'It's Fast, Aggressive Rock You Need, Not Ballads, When You Are Fighting Back' ; Box Office Arts & Entertainment for Three Decades Mike Peters has Been Making Music but Neither Age nor Illness Is Going to Slow Him Down. David Owens Meets the Welsh Rock Legend As His Band the Alarm Release Their New Album Guerilla Tactics

Western Mail › August 18, 2008

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MIKE PETERS is buzzing.

It could be the lack of sleep, or the fact he and his band mates have stepped off a plane from a hugely successful three-week tour of America only hours earlier. It could be that's he's about to take the stage at a tiny London venue for a special one-off homecoming gig to celebrate his return to British shores. Or it could just be that with the release of their new album Guerilla Tactics, the 21st century incarnation of The Alarm are undergoing a renaissance on both sides of the Atlantic.

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'It's Fast, Aggressive Rock You Need, Not Ballads, When You Are Fighting Back' ; Box Office Arts & Entertainment for Three Decades Mike Peters has Been Making Music but Neither Age nor Illness Is Going to Slow Him Down. David Owens Meets the Welsh Rock Legend As His Band the Alarm Release Their New Album Guerilla Tactics

Whatever it is, the Welsh rocker has much to be thankful for, not least his health. Peters, who has twice beaten cancer and is in remission from leukaemia, says his new collection of songs were inspired by h...

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