They moved from North Wales to London in September 1981, and the band recorded a one-off 7″ single. 1,000 copies were pressed that month, featuring “Unsafe Building” on the “electric” side and “Up For Murder” on the “acoustic” side. The single was noticed by Mick Mercer , who featured it as his single of the month in his ZigZag magazine. The band played a show with the Fall in December 1981, where a journalist from Sounds noticed them. This journalist attended the band’s next show at Upstairs at Ronnie’s in London’s West End. Also at this show was a representative of Wasted Talent, who arranged a meeting between the band and Ian Wilson, U2 ‘s agent. Wilson arranged another show in order to assess the band’s quality, was impressed, and soon became their manager. To celebrate, the Alarm played with U2 at the Lyceum Ballroom on 22 December 1981.
Moved to London
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