Mike Peters
Frontman of The Alarm Useless at 66
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Mike Peters — the lead singer of the rock band The Alarm — has died … in keeping with the BBC.
It isn’t instantly clear when or how Peters died … although it is price noting the Welsh rocker fought most cancers on and off for 3 many years main as much as his demise.
Peters was finest identified for cofounding The Alarm, although the preliminary punk-rock iteration of the group glided by the identify The Bogs and began performing in 1977.
After a number of years and a pair identify modifications, the band settled on their identify The Alarm, and performed collectively from 1981 to 1991.
Throughout this time, they launched hit songs like “Sixty Eight Weapons,” “Spirit of ’76,” “Offered Me Down the River” and lots of extra tracks.
Peters left the group in 1991, embarking on a solo profession … although, he later put one other band collectively utilizing the identify The Alarm MM++ — with the pluses changed by Roman numerals to point what yr the album got here out.
Peters’ battle with most cancers started when he was recognized with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1995 … and, he was later recognized with lymphocytic leukemia twice.
Although he’d been in remission, BBC News reports Peters’ Richter’s Syndrome — an aggressive type of lymphoma — returned this yr. It is unclear if this was the reason for his demise right now.
Peters cofounded a charity, the Love Hope Energy Basis, to assist folks combating most cancers identical to himself … Love Hope Energy used dwell music exhibits to recruit bone marrow donors.
We have reached out to the charity for remark … to date, no phrase again.
