(taken from http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/music/) Even if it never sells a million copies, “45 RPM,” the debut single from a band called the Poppyfields, deserves a place in the history books – as a caustic commentary on the youth-worshiping state of current rock-and-roll. The song, which last week reached No. 28 on a U.K. singles chart, was written and sung by Mike Peters, guitarist and lead singer of veteran Welsh rockers the [read more]

Jill Tunstall talks to 4 Real Producer and Director, Dafydd Wyn, who has put the focus on Welsh pop music over the last 40 years… (Daily Post Dec 18th 1999) � It's not unusual to find a Welsh band at the top of the charts these days. 40 years after the record with that title became Wales' first number one, Welsh music is still making it's mark in the music [read more]

Fans can choose exclusive acoustic track as part of 9-CD Alarm box set. by Alexa Williamson LiveDaily Staff Writer LONDON–Alarm frontman Mike Peters and the Alarm 2000, a backing band “playing tribute” to the original group, are to head out on a major tour of America’s West Coast and Britain beginning in October. It will be the first time that Peters–who originally formed the group in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981 [read more]