Mike Peters

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Michael Leslie "Mike" Peters (born 25 February 1959) is a Welsh musician best known for his role as the Alarm's lead singer.

Peters wrote and performed solo before resituting the Alarm in 2000.

In addition, he is co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation.

Peters was the vocalist for Big Country as well as The Alarm in 2011.

Early life

Peters was born in Prestatyn and spent his childhood in The Crescent Hotel in Edward Henry Street, Rhyl, with former The Alarm band member Eddie MacDonald. The street's name inspired a song on the album of the same name that was released as part of The Poppyfields Bond of albums. Peters' life on "Edward Henry Street" chronicles his growing up in Wales.

Peters' first job was as a computer operator for Kwik Save. He worked on an old IBM System 3 mainframe.

Health and personal life

Peters was still living in Rhyl in 1986, at the height of the fame of The Alarm, although not based in London during the week. He met his future wife, Jules, and then an undergraduate student at Bangor University studying English after hittingchhiked home for a weekend. The couple were engaged two weeks later and had two sons, both of whom were born via IVF. The family now lives in Dyserth, North Wales.

Peters recovered from lymphosclerosis in 1996 and began recording and touring again, often with members of the reformed band. Bedrock, BBC Radio Wales' regular programme, was also on display. Peters discovered that he had been suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in 2005. At this moment, Peters co-founded the Love Hope Strength Foundation with fellow leukaemia patient James Chippendale, the president of CSI Entertainment in Dallas, Texas. Peters has since announced his release of this and appeared in a BBC Wales documentary chronicling his fight against cancer. Mike Peters on the Road to Recovery was released in 2006, with some of the proceeds going to Peters' charity.

Peters, joined by 38 others, cancer survivors, and supporters, made a 14-day trek to Mount Everest base camp in October 2007 to raise money and help fight cancer. Cy Curnin and Jamie West-Oram of The Fixx, Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, and Nick Harper were among the artists on the show. More to Live For, an initiative launched by the Love Hope Foundation in 2011, aimed at raising the value of bone marrow donation in helping cancer victims.

Peters is a regular member of the NightCrawlers, a running club that ran every Thursday night in various locations around North East Wales.

In December 2008, Peters was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Clwyd. In the 2019 New Year Honours for services to cancer care, he was named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).

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Musical career

Peters' debut was on October 10, 1975, when he fronted Hairy Hippie (named by disc jockey James Alexander Barr), a band formed with his classmates to perform at his sister's 21st birthday party at the Talardy Hotel in St Asaph. That night, Smokie's first song was a cover version of "If You Believe You Know How To Love Me."

The Toilets, he said, was his first band proper, who appeared at Chester in 1976. At the Palace Hotel in Rhyl, the Toilets were the first song to perform.

In 1978, Peters, along with MacDonald, Dave Sharp, and Nigel Twist (then called Nigel Buckle), formed a band called Seventeen. On May 27, 1978, Seventeen performed "Pop Generation" at the Bee (now Station) Hotel in Rhyl. In 1979, a single called "Don't Let Go" was released on the Vendetta label.

The Alarm was founded in 1981 and moved to London to tour the club circuit. They were issued by the IRS code and were branded by the IRS. The band took their name from a song called Alarm Alarm, one of Peters' first songs dedicated to the Toilets. On BBC Radio 1, John Peel suggested that Duran Duran Duran, Talk Talk and now Alarm Alert, perhaps he should call himself John Peel Peel, so the term was changed to Alert.

On the tenth of June 1981, the Alarm performed their first gig in Prestatyn's Victoria Hotel. The first song to be performed was "Shout to the Devil." Peters wrote the song the day before, and the band rehearsed it during the soundcheck as it fit the three acoustics and drumkit lineups. In November 1981, the first single on their own brand, "Unsafe Building," was released.

After Peters left the band on stage at the Brixton Academy in 1991, the Alarm split up.

The original members of the Alarm have only reunited once. This was for the VH1 series Bands Reunited, released on October 28, 2003.

In 1994, two singles were first released. The single "Back to the System" was also available in Welsh. "It Just Don't Get Any Better Than This" came after the previous one. Both Peters and the Poets teamed up for both of their successes. In addition, Peters re-recorded for the album Rise for the first time. A re-mix was also included in the American release.

It would be a year before Peters' first solo album venture Breathe was released. The CD version of the album did not include Peter's first two solo singles since it was a UK-only release. An acoustic-only version of the same album was also released. Peters had retreated into the internet and had his own website by now, where the bulk of his future releases would be sold.

Peters' second solo venture, Feel Free, was released in 1996, after being misdiagnosed with cancer. The album featured a riff on Grandmaster Flash's hit song "The Message." "Gone Elvis" was also included in the American edition of Feel Free.

Rise was released in 1998 to a new audience this time. Peters' musical direction changed as a result of his rise. Peters' "White Noise Part II" found him exploring with studio sound manipulation and drum machines, while "My Calling" featured Peters' distinctive acoustic/electric roots-rock sound. The album also featured the song "In Circles," which Peters co-wrote with ex-Cult guitarist Billy Duffy.

Peters toured the United States after Rise's debut in "The Interactive Acoustic Works U.S. Tour," which began in Boston on October 10th, 1998. Live from a Broadcast) was also released in that year. This set included a version of "68 Guns," Alarm's best-known song, which recited an extra verse that was not present in the scripting process early.

Peters reunited with Billy Duffy in 1999, founding a band called Coloursound with Duffy, his old Cult bandmate Scott Garfield, and Craig Adams (formerly of The Mission). They released one eponymous studio album.

Peters has been hosting "The Gathering" at Llandudno annually since 1993. Various guest musicians, as well as former Alarm band members, have attended it.

Peters wrote Flesh and Blood, based on Helen Griffin's stage play.

Peters used the Alarm brand name to rename it in 2000. Peters had sold over the name to the other band members when he left the band in 1991. Nigel Twist, a former drummer, had to sue after being prompted to sue. Peters has since used Alarm brand name, but with occasional additions roman numerals for the year.

Peters took the road in 2001 as part of the non-profit Dead Men Walking group.

Featuring Pete Wylie (of The Mighty Wah!

Glen Matlock (former Sex Pistols), Captain Sensible (The Damned), and Kirk Brandon (Spear of Destiny): The band performed a blend of old and new material from their respective careers.

Peters released the single "45 RPM" on the basis that this band was a youth band based in Chester, using the pseudonym, "Poppy Fields." (This hoax was the source of the movie Vinyl's fame). In an on-line poll to find 100 Welsh Heroes, Peters came eleventh.

In 2010, he joined The Mescaleros to perform songs of Joe Strummer under the name Los Mondo Bongo.

Peters joined Big Country in 2011 and released a single titled "Another Country" in August that was followed by an album titled Journey. Peters had left the band on September 9, 2013 via the Big Country Facebook page.

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