Don't be Alarmed - it's just another edition of the blog series in which I spent far too long scouring the internet for bands with the same name.
How would you feel if you heard any of the following Alarms sounding off in your neighbourhood in the middle of the night...?
THE ALARM #1
We begin this week in Yugoslavia, in the very special year of 1972... all a bit of a Boj.
ALARM #2
Next, a French heavy rock Alarm from 1979...
ALARM #3
And a Norwegian New Wave Alarm from 1980...
Feil means error in Norwegian. No idea what an error finger is.
THE ALARM #4
Earlier this year, we said goodbye to Mike Peters, frontman of the most famous Alarm, the Welsh band who formed in 1981. Here they are in 1983 with their biggest hit...
THE ALARM #5
Heavy Czech rockers from 1989, with Ade Edmonson on lead vocals. (If you don't believe me, watch the video.)
THE ALARM #6
1996.
Words fail me.
I think I managed 3 seconds. Then I skipped ahead to see if it got any better.
It didn't.
ALARM #7
Polish Oi! band from 2004...
ALARM #8
French punks with mercifully short songs in 2019...
ALARM! #9
Contemporary Swedish band of the loud variety who describe themselves as "75% VICTIMS, 50% OUTLAST, 125% HARDCORE!" I'll let our Maths teacher handle that one.
No Alarms... but were there any surprises? Which did you find most Alarming this week?
Nos. 1 to 4 are totally forgettable. I will of course listen to all of #6.
ReplyDeleteYour link for #7 did not work, is this the band?
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8JN1P6FtxY
I suspect it's bobbins, and will not beat #8. And after 30 seconds of this drivel, my choice of alarm is indeed #8
That must be the same band. I can't imagine there would be two Polish Oi! bands with this name... though I have been wrong before.
DeleteAlarm #1 are no great shakes but judging by the album sleeve the Ljubljana Festival in 1972 would have been great. The line-up includes two bands that have featured at my place:
ReplyDeleteTime, about whom a certain commentator said "ten, yes TEN, minutes of Croatian prog. What is not to like?"
Indexi, about whom the same commentator said "I am enjoying the first track, it's almost got the lot - high-pitched screeching, manic laugh, jangly guitar, all it needs is a bit if fluting"
#4 are obviously the best although in a very weak qualifying group
ReplyDeleteI'm always disappointed when there's no doo wop.
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