They did re-form in 2002 and continue to tour today, although the wild hair is gone now - and not necessarily by their own choice. By the time this tour had ended, the Flock and their synth-based music were essentially over, and the group faded into obscurity. The band was here to prove they could play - if you count the heavily pre-programmed synths and drums playing - and they do indeed deliver, especially with an eight-minute version of "Committed," the musical highlight of the show.Īfter this tour, A Flock of Seagulls recorded a few more albums and released several more MTV videos, but had arrived on the scene just a tad too late to cash in on the new wave/new romantic movement. Formed by hairdressers Mike Score and Frank Maudsley, the group had initially made a name for themselves more for their wildly teased hairdos and futuristic fashions than their music.
The group, which first came to national attention in 1982 with their hit single "I Ran (So Far Away)" was touring mostly off the success from the heavily rotated MTV video. Whatever happened backstage, the Seagulls went down extremely well in front of this mostly Nashville audience. The group made a video for the album‘s first single, I Ran (So Far Away), and MTV picked up on its otherworldly ambience, putting it into regular rotation. Granted the mostly country western music venue also presents rock and R&B concerts, but still, those good 'ole boys in the stage-hand's union must have done a double take when the eccentric '80s new wave group showed up for sound check. The group entered the studio and laid down tracks they had been working on, which resulted in their full-length debut album, A Flock of Seagulls (Jive), released in the spring of 1982.
It must have been quite the sight when members of A Flock of Seagulls walked through the backstage entrance of the famed Grand Ole Opry Theater in Nashville to perform this show on their 1983 U.S. Mike Score - lead vocals, keyboards Ali Score - drums, drum programming Frank Maudsley - bass Paul Reynolds - guitar