The Alarm Pays Homage to, Music Television

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Written By Mia Palazzo

Photo Credit: Andy Labrow

Iconic Welsh alt-rock icons, The Alarm is preparing to release their upcoming album, MUSIC TELEVISION. An album that intends to highlight the video explosion of the 1980’s. The album will contain the band’s interpretations of 11 iconic MTV channel classics aimed to highlight influential and underrated songs from the 1970s and 1980s. This album will only be available on vinyl and CD at venues throughout the Live Today Love Tomorrow tour.

The album cover is inspired by David Bowie’s 1973 album of glam-proto-punk cover versions Pin Ups. As the band came to be in the age of the MTV era, the band expressed that, 

“So many of our longstanding fans grew up on MTV and saw The Alarm for the first time on MTV’s The Cutting Edge or via the historic ‘Spirit Of ‘’86 Live Global Broadcast’ concert, and have stayed with us ever since”

The first single released off Music Television is a psychedelic David Bowie-inspired/ Nirvana-influenced acoustic cover of “The Man Who Sold The World”. Lead singer, Mike Peters claims that this is the song he attributes to his fascination with the groundbreaking MTV Unplugged acoustic performance series.

PROGRAM ONE 

  1. Money For Nothing (Dire Straits)

  2. Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles)

  3. Live Today Love Tomorrow (The Blow Monkeys)

  4. Imagination (Belouis Some)

  5. Beat It (Michael Jackson)

PROGRAM TWO

  1. Don’t Change (INXS)

  2. In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

  3. I Melt With You (Modern English)

  4. Screaming For Emmalene (Gene Loves Jezebel)

  5. The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)

  6. MTV Theme

The album kicks off with a reimagining of the first-ever song to be played on MTV in 1981, The Buggle’s iconic “Video Killed The Radio Star”. However, this song comes with a subtle lyric change to highlight the threat of A.I. and new technology in rock and roll to date. The album also contains reinterpretations of hit songs “Money For Nothing” by Dire Stairs, “Don’t Change” by INXS, “Beat It” by pop icon Michael Jackson, and more. 

To purchase Music Television on CD or exclusive limited edition yellow/purple vinyl, click here or see The Alarm on their upcoming Live Today Love Tomorrow two-part US tour.

*   The Alarm only

**   The Alarm / Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel only

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Mia Palazzo

Photographer & Writer

Growing up surrounded by music, Mia has always had a passion for the art and has always wanted to get more involved, when she began going to concerts weekly, she realized that this was her passion. Upon entering college, it became apparent that she wanted to become a journalist, concentrating in photography. This, along with a dual degree in economics will set her up to dive deeper into the music industry, and more specifically, the touring industry to follow her lifelong passion.

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