097: Mike Peters of the Alarm

 

 

This week we talk to Mike Peters

Mike Peters is a Welsh musician, best known as the lead singer of The Alarm. Between 2011 and 2013, Peters was the vocalist for Big Country as well as The Alarm.

A two time cancer survivor he founded the Love Hope Strength Foundation. The Foundation has found close to 1000 potentially life saving bone marrow donor matches; built the first ever children’s cancer center in Tanzania; supported the Bhaktapur Cancer Center in Nepal with life saving equipment and registered over 60,000 donors through it’s ‘Get On the List’ program.

Eric caught up with Mike in Akron on his tour supporting the 30th anniversary of the classic Strength album.

 

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In This Interview Mike and I Discuss...

• The One You Feed parable
• Feeding the positive side of our personality
• Treating people the way we want to be treated
• Seeing both sides of the story
• Seeing The Clash and The Sex Pistols in 1977
• Meeting Johnny Rotten and Joe Strummer
• Joe Strummer teaching Mike to be positive
• Creating an empowering message for the audience
• What the song Strength means to him 30 years later
• His 20 year battle with cancer
• The Love Hope Strength Foundation
• His approach to handling cancer
• The power of music
• Where he turns when he is struggling internally
• The meaning of the song Blaze of Glory 

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