A Flock Of Seagulls
This new wave electro-pop group 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 (b. 4 August 1962; guitar) and Frank Maudsley (b. 10 November 1959; 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 1982. Ex-hairdresser Mike Score received numerous press jibes for his ‘silly haircut’; he had cultivated his none-too-natural blond locks to hang irritatingly over his keyboards. Although LISTEN was another infectious collection of songs, they were unable to find any lasting popularity in their homeland, other than Wishing (I Had A Photograph Of You) which made the UK Top 10. Their last two albums were way below par and, following the departure of Paul Reynolds, they disintegrated.