Gig: 2/28/1990, The Alarm, Copenhagen Pumpehuset

(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]

The following is a taped conversation that took place between Neil Storey and Mike Peters at London’s Marcus Studios during the recording of the [Strength] album. Neil is now The Alarm’s Press Officer having met the band on an aeroplane to New York last December. At the time he was working at Island Records but now works freelance for The Alarm and Kid Creole along with his other main interest [read more]