Mike Peters, Singer for The Alarm, Lifeless at sixty six

Mike Peters — the lead singer of the rock band The Alarm — has died … in keeping with the BBC.

It is not instantly clear when or how Peters died … although it is price noting the Welsh rocker fought most cancers on and off for 3 a long time main as much as his demise.

Peters was greatest recognized for cofounding The Alarm, although the preliminary punk-rock iteration of the group glided by the identify The Bathrooms and began performing in 1977.

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 identified with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1995 … and, he was later identified 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 presently.

Peters cofounded a charity, the Love Hope Power Basis, to assist folks preventing most cancers identical to himself … Love Hope Power used stay music reveals to recruit bone marrow donors.