Gig: 10/20/1987, The Alarm, ITV “The Roxy”

From: www.bbc.co.uk/news Post-punk band The Alarm have scored a top 30 UK chart hit – with a stunt disguising themselves as an unknown younger group. Recording under the pseudonym The Poppyfields, they are at number 28 after selling more than 4,000 copies of their 1970s-style punk single 45RPM. In its accompanying video The Alarm are replaced by teenage Chester rockers The Wayriders who mime along to the song. Singer Mike [read more]

‘Prison Without Prision Bars (acoustic demo)’ [2:31] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I hear a gunshot break the silence I hear that sound �most every night My mind is stripped there’s no reaction I’m trapped in a Prison without prison bars Help me Help me I’m trapped in a Prison without bars Help me Help me I’m trapped in a Prison without prison bars Everyday someone’s trying to sell me [read more]

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi ALARM GOES OFF: The Alarm is set to release its first album since scoring a major 2004 hit single in the U.K., “45 RPM,” under the name The Poppy Fields. The Welsh band’s first new release in 15 years, Under Attack, will come out May 30 on the Eleven Thirty Records label, distributed by indie RedEye. Leader Mike Peters, who was diagnosed with leukemia last December, says he discovered [read more]