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Then at the age of 17, he joined the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, a few months after the band was formed, and came to replace the original guitarist Willie Woo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The group's popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of " (It's Not Me) Talking ," and in 1982 the song " I Ran (So Far Away) " was a hit in the US and at ...
In an Interview with the Worchester Magazine (2017) , Mike Score explains where the band name comes from – my favorite band was The Stranglers. One of their songs was called “Toiler on the Sea.” We were at one of their concerts (The singer) yells out, “a flock of seagulls.” We were in the front row.
Unlike the band's 1982 hit "I Ran (So Far Away)", largely a United States and Australian hit, "Wishing" performed strongly in the band's home country, the United Kingdom, and reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart; in the US, it reached the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1983. [6] It was popular in South Africa, reaching No. 8. [7]
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The band played many shows in the North West of England but, in late 1979, the group was disbanded, with the members following different paths. [3] A few months later, in the same year, he founded the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls with his brother Ali Score (drums), his friend Frank Maudsley (bass), and Paul Reynolds (guitar). Mike played ...
He and the members of his band mostly played live shows, but returned with new material with the release of the single "Magic" in 1989. The band returned to the recording studio in 1994 to begin working on new material, by which time the line-up was made up of Score, Ed Berner on guitar, Dean Pichette on bass and A.J. Mazzetti on drums.
The Story of a Young Heart is the third studio album by A Flock of Seagulls, released in August 1984 by Jive Records.It was their last album—until 2018's Ascension—to feature the original line-up of the band, as guitarist Paul Reynolds left shortly after the album's release. [6]
A Flock of Seagulls (1981) 4:55: 2. "Space Age Love Song" A Flock of Seagulls: 3:45: 3. "Telecommunication" A Flock of Seagulls: 2:29: 4. "The More You Live, the More You Love" The Story of a Young Heart (1984) 4:09: 5. "Nightmares" Listen (1983) 4:36: 6. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" Listen: 5:30: 7. "(It's Not Me) Talking" Listen ...