Today we present the Welsh outfit The Alarm. Originally formed as a punk band known as The Toilets in 1977 they soon changed their name. First to Quasimodo, then Seventeen. Under that moniker they opened for The Stray Cats during 1980. 1981 saw the debut of The Alarm which had by then become a more mainstream rock band. Touring with such acts as U2 in the mid eighties shot them into the mainstream. So lets hear the U2 'esque sound of The Alarm.