A Flock Of Seagulls

With their futuristic themes and fashion-forward image, A Flock of Seagulls became standard-bearers of the early-'80s U.K. new wave scene. Formed in Liverpool, they released their first single, "(It's Not Me) Talking," on musician Bill Nelson's newly inaugurated Cocteau label before shifting to Jive Records for the next, "Telecommunication."

But it was 1982's "I Ran" with its icy synth and swooping guitar that catapulted the band-singer/keyboardist Mike Score, his drummer brother Ali, bassist Frank Maudsley, and guitarist Paul Reynolds-to stardom. The song gave them a Top 10 spot on the American charts and a high worldwide profile. Mike Score's outlandish haircut, which looked like a bird atop his head, gained plenty of attention and became an iconic '80s image.

The band's self-titled debut album went Top 10 in the U.S. too, though they fared somewhat less impressively on the home front. The 1983 follow-up, Listen, met with success as well, notching the poppy hit "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)." But after 1984's Story of a Young Heart failed to set the globe afire, guitarist Paul Reynolds quit the band.

The rest of the band moved to America, which had always been the most hospitable to them, and released Dream Come True, which earned even less attention than its predecessor. A Flock of Seagulls split up soon after. In the late '80s, Mike Score created a new lineup of the band, sans his old mates, eventually releasing The Light at the End of the World in 1995 to little notice.

In 2003 the original members played a one-shot concert for the show "Bands Reunited" (VH1 2004-06), but the latter-day lineup reconvened after that and eventually released several albums of re-recordings of the band's classic tunes. In 2016, Mike Score sang on a batch of tunes by electronic artist Jimmy D. Robinson, credited to Jimmy D. Robinson & A Flock of Seagulls.