The Poppyfields (The Alarm) funny story
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The Poppyfields (The Alarm) funny story
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I WOULD like to take my hat off to mulleted Welsh rockers THE ALARM.
They’ve cheekily managed to sabotage this week’s singles charts without anyone noticing.
The Eighties post-punk four-piece got to No28 by masquerading as young hopefuls.
Calling themselves THE POPPYFIELDS they released a single called 45RPM and filmed a video featuring a teenage band from Chester called The Wayriders.
Original singer MIKE PETERS pulled the stunt to expose the singles charts as image over substance. He says: “If it had been released as The Alarm it would have been dismissed as the work of a bunch of has-beens.
“Radio stations wouldn’t have played it if they had known it was us.”
Mike reckons record companies and broadcasters are insulting teenage music fans by writing off musicians over 35 years of age.
He says: “I’ve seen teenagers buying the latest records by THE STROKES and THE WHITE STRIPES as well as records by LED ZEPPELIN and the ROLLING STONES. Sadly everything in the UK has to fit into neat little boxes.”
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I WOULD like to take my hat off to mulleted Welsh rockers THE ALARM.
They’ve cheekily managed to sabotage this week’s singles charts without anyone noticing.
The Eighties post-punk four-piece got to No28 by masquerading as young hopefuls.
Calling themselves THE POPPYFIELDS they released a single called 45RPM and filmed a video featuring a teenage band from Chester called The Wayriders.
Original singer MIKE PETERS pulled the stunt to expose the singles charts as image over substance. He says: “If it had been released as The Alarm it would have been dismissed as the work of a bunch of has-beens.
“Radio stations wouldn’t have played it if they had known it was us.”
Mike reckons record companies and broadcasters are insulting teenage music fans by writing off musicians over 35 years of age.
He says: “I’ve seen teenagers buying the latest records by THE STROKES and THE WHITE STRIPES as well as records by LED ZEPPELIN and the ROLLING STONES. Sadly everything in the UK has to fit into neat little boxes.”
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