Something for THE ALARM Fans

[Stacey0471]

ROCKERS POSE AS TEENS TO HIT CHARTS
Fri 20 February, 2004 13:21

LONDON (Reuters) - An ageing rock group gave themselves a facelift by getting a group of teenagers to stand in for them on the video of their latest song, helping them score their first chart hit for some 15 years.

Convinced the music industry is prejudiced against wrinkly rockers, The Alarm gave themselves the pseudonym The Poppyfields and persuaded a group of fresh-faced youths to mime their part.

"They did it to show they wanted to be judged on music and not on their image and haircuts of 15 years ago," said a spokesman for the band.

The single, 45RPM, went into the UK charts this week at number 28.

The Welsh band were previously best known for 1983 hit "68 guns" and said they pulled the stunt to show how much image affected sales in the music industry.

[Carl I.]

Not the true Alarm, but still this is the type of thing that only a band with that name would do! Fuck 'em all Mike, fuck 'em all!!!

They rule.

[A Katt Named Raggz]

I dont' see what the problem was...The ALARM still looked cool to me...yeah ya can't stop the years fro creeping up on ya, but I still thought they looked cool on VH1 Reunited.

[Carl I.]

Raggz, the only person still in The Alarm is Mike Peters. None of the other guys have anything to do with the version that is out there now.

[A Katt Named Raggz]

Oh I thought they reunited and were workign on a new CD?

[Carl I.]

The Alarm is working on a new CD, but it is the new version. It is all name guys in it though. I can't remember who off hand though. A bunch of old punks, basically.

[A Katt Named Raggz]

Well that's cool, but I thought it was all original members...my bad.

[Carl I.]

No bad. Simple mistake. The original might get back together someday. But I know this new version is the one that is touring and all that crap.