Event: 3/7/1985, The Alarm, Interview – Picadilly Radio, Manchester, UK

The Poppy Fields �45 RPM� What the Reviews Say… Tiscali � Debut single ’45rpm’ is a three minute killer pop song that is destined to crash the punk party, drink all the beer and cop off with the cutest girls. Sparky, punchy and excitable, The Poppyfields are the newest, snottiest and best kids on the block.� Dripfed � �The Poppy Fields are a young punk band from Chester, with an [read more]

From Rolling Stone Online (June 14th, 2006) The Alarm End Fifteen-Year Hiatus Ending a fifteen-year hiatus, U.K. post-punks the ALARM drop their new album stateside on June 13th and perform a one-off gig on July 12th at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. The band hopes to embark on a full U.S. tour in support of Under Attack — which refers in part to frontman MIKE PETERS’ decade-long battle with leukemia — [read more]

Tracks: Sold Me Down The River Rock, The Devolution Working Man Blues Love Don’t Come Easy Hardland Change II No Frontiers Scarlet Where A Town Once Stood Black Sun Prison Without Prison Bars How The Mighty Fall Rivers To Cross New South Wales, A Notes: LP left off  Black Sun and How The Mighty Fall.  Some LP versions included an extra single with those two songs included Versions The Alarm: [read more]