Flock Of Seagulls
 This
new-wave electro-pop act from Liverpool, England, had remarkable
success in the USA before finding a large following in Britain. The
band comprised Mike Score (keyboards, vocals), Ali Score (drum
machine, vocals), Paul Reynolds (guitar) and Frank Maudsley (bass).
Following an adventurous EP on Bill Nelson's Cocteau label the band
made their album debut with A Flock Of Seagulls, a splendid
example of futurist pop that contained a number of notable tracks
including I Ran (So Far Away), which made the US Top 10 in July
1982. Ex-hairdresser Mike Score received numerous press jibes for his
"silly haircut" as he had cultivated his none-too-natural
blond locks to hang irritatingly over his keyboards.
Although Listen was another infectious collection of songs,
the group were unable to find any lasting popularity in their homeland
to back up the success of (Wishing) If I Had A Photograph Of You,
which reached number 10 in November 1982. Paul Reynolds departed after
the release of The Story Of A Young Heart. That album and Dream
Come True (made as a trio) were way below par and the band
subsequently disintegrated.
Score organized a new version of the band in 1989, touring the USA
and issuing a single Magic - a commodity this band
unfortunately had very little of. They, too, broke up. Score
resurfaced once more in 1995 with The Light At The End Of The World,
and has carried the band name on into the new millennium. Thankfully,
Mike's demonic haircut has been put out to pasture.
| The
Band |
Mike Score
Keyboards, vocals |
Paul Reynolds
Guitar |
Frank Maudsley
Bass |
Ali Score
Drum machine, vocals
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