Resd a < href=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/estage/0112a/review.shtml> review of The Dead Men Walking from their Sunday 4th November 2001 show.
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Mike Peters, former banner-waving, rabble-rousing scout leader of The Alarm, returns with an LP of rare Alarm songs re-recorded for the ’90s. Sounds like a nightmare. Except that stripped of some of The Alarm’s pomposity, the 10 tracks-which range back to the very start of the Rhyl quartet’s career-sound surprisingly human. Forget for a second the frightened, on-end haircuts and tassled jackets and the result is a likably strummy set, [read more]
A very strong album, and one that seems to be making the press sit up and listen. Lead single Superchannel go to 24 so the signs are all good. Out now – well worth a listen . Publication::Publication:http://www.Author::
Superchannel – The Alarm (EMI) Just as 45RPM roared its defiant way into the top 40 on the back of some stealth bombing by Mike Peters and his army of devoted Alarm fans, so Superchannel, similarly brim full of belligerent punk fire, looks to detonate in the upper echelons of the charts. And in doing so hopefully ripping a hole in people�s preconceived perceptions of Peters and his music. Stripped [read more]
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