All Haydon Prowse is saying is give peace a chance.

In the great tradition of protest songs, he and his Brighton-based band GM Babyz have landed a slot on an anti-war CD featuring some of the biggest names in international music.

The band's song nestles on the track listings among top names such as Miss Dynamite, Massive Attack and Public Enemy, who all joined together on the album Peace Not War in support of the Stop The War Coalition.

Members of GM Babyz, a hip hop outfit, helped organise the compilation in protest over the threatened war on Iraq.

Massive Attack are well known for their anti-war views. During the Gulf War the band changed their name to Massive, dropping Attack in protest at the UN's stance towards Iraq.

GM Babyz were among protesters who came up with the idea at the Stop The War march in London in September.

Haydon, 21, the band's vocalist, of St James's Street, Kemp Town, said the release of the album was important in showing young people still care.

He said: "This project is a throw-back to the Seventies, when people went on marches but also campaigned through music.

"It is becoming trendier these days for young people to be active in speaking out on important issues. Music is a good way of doing this."

Tracks such as Son Of A Bush by Public Enemy and The Price Of Oil by Billy Bragg slate US and British support for a war against Iraq.

Haydon said the artists were very supportive of the idea to begin with but their management took more persuading.

He said: "Their managers wouldn't touch the project with a bargepole until Public Enemy came on board.

"With all the recent bad press about hip hop bands promoting gun crime, the CD helps show how music can be used positively and that these people do care."

Miss Dynamite, alias Naomi McLean-Daley, whose song Watch Over Them appears on the record, said: "I'm very proud to have been a part."

Ghada Razuki, of the Stop The War Coalition, said: "We are very grateful to the people who have decided to contribute. The coalition is about bringing together people of different age, colour and creed to speak out against the possible war.

"This CD will go some way to getting the message across to the people of this country."

The album is available in HMV and Virgin music stores.