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Mike carried on touring with session musicians and quietly, surely and steadily the folk lore surrounding the band began to grow.

A Flock Of Seagulls never really broke up. Mike released the ‘Light At The End Of The World’ album in 1996. Ali and Frank left in the years afterwards. The band now as a trio released the album ‘Dream Come True’ in 1986. Mike and Ali moved to the US shortly after basing themselves out of Pennsylvania. The band released 1984’s ‘The Story of A Young Heart’ ‘Wishing (If I Had a Photograph Of You’ was taken from the group’s second album ‘Listen’ in 1983. In the UK, ‘I Ran’ didn’t make the Top 40, but ‘Wishing (If I Had a Photograph Of You)’ reached number ten later that year in America, that single became a Top 40 hit in 1983. The single climbed into the American Top Ten, taking the album along with it. ‘I Ran (So Far Away)’ was released as the first single from the album, and MTV quickly picked up on its icily attractive video, which featured long shots of Mike Score and his distinctive, cascading hair.

The band signed a major-label contract with Jive by the end of the year, and their eponymous debut album appeared in the spring of 1982. Hairdresser Mike Score (lead vocals, keyboards) formed A Flock Of Seagulls with his brother Ali (drums) and fellow hairdresser Frank Maudsley (bass) in 1980, adding guitarist Paul Reynolds several months later.

Growing out of the synth-heavy and ruthlessly stylish new romantic movement. A Flock Of Seagulls were one of the prime movers in the 80’s new wave era. “Space Age Love Song” is the first single from that album.Ī Flock Of Seagulls may well be known for their bizarrely teased haircuts as much as their hit single ‘I Ran’. The recording puts a new and unique spin on their greatest hits by performing orchestral versions with the Prague Philharmonic providing extra musical backing. For the first time since 1984, all four original members of the band appear on Record together for their new album “Ascension”. In the words of VH1 ‘A Flock of Seagulls is a Band Reunited’.