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Prisoners formed in 1977 in Huddersfield , England at the height of the UK punk movement. During the early days, the band enjoyed success selling many copies of the original “Release” album. Prisoners played with many top name acts such as, The Damned, Adam & the Ants, Penetration, The Fall, Generation X and Crass.

In 2005, the Huddersfield Examiner ran an article with a picture from 1977, posing the question, “does anyone remember these guys?”. After many responses to the newspaper press office, a follow-up article was written, prompting a possible reunion. Several weeks of investigation later, the original members were located around the world and, eventually a reunion was scheduled.

Roll the clock forward to 2006 and Prisoners have returned, older, yes, of course, but with musical maturity, producing alternative rock music which, while acknowledging the influences of 1977, sounds truly contemporary, powerful, fresh and exciting.

Prisoners have a transatlantic link, their guitarist Chris “Mark” Lawton lives in Atlanta, Georgia and the band now regularly criss-cross Continents to be together and write and record. The latest Prisoners album, “Re-Released”, which was recorded at HD1 Studios in June 2006, is scheduled for release in the United States on July 10 th and the band will be performing live in Atlanta in the next few months to promote the record.

Although Prisoners are currently writing new material (they can’t seem to stop!) the band are focussing on live performances, currently planning the “Comeback Gig of The Millennium”, well at least that’s how it’s being described by both the old fans and new who are quite obviously as excited as Prisoners themselves, to be back on the crest of the New Wave!

To find out more about the Prisoners at

www.prisonersband.com

Here are 30 Sec Clips of Prisoners.

Track 1 - (Clip) - Boy In a Village

Track 2 - (Clip) - Country Man

Track 3 - (Clip) - Ticking

Track 4 - (Clip) - Phases

All songs are in WMA or MP3 format and require Windows Media Player PC
or I Tunes for Mac playback.