* 1952 – Ali Score, English musician ( A Flock of Seagulls )

* 1962 – Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( A Flock of Seagulls )

The British group A Flock of Seagulls, released their self-titled concept album based on an alien invasion.

It was a major influence on the New Romantics in Britain, acts like Adam Ant and Flock of Seagulls extended it, and its androgyny and sexual politics were picked up by acts including Culture Club, Bronski Beat and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

The Synchronicity Tour began in Chicago, Illinois in July 1983 at the original Comiskey Park, and ended in Melbourne, Australia in March 1984 at the Melbourne Showgrounds ( the final concert featured Simple Minds, Flock of Seagulls, The Fixx, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and The Police topping the bill ).

It made heavy use of style-conscious New Romantic synthpop acts, with " I Ran ( So Far Away )" ( 1982 ) by A Flock of Seagulls generally considered the first hit by a British act to enter the Billboard Top Ten as a result of exposure through video.

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A Flock of Seagulls ( also known as Flock of Seagulls ) are an English New Wave band originally formed in Liverpool by brothers Michael " Mike " Score ( keyboards, vocals ) and Alister " Ali " James Score ( drums ), with Francis Lee ( Frank ) Maudsley ( bass ) and Paul Reynolds ( guitar ).

A Flock of Seagulls was started by Mike Score and his brother Ali in 1979 in Liverpool.

The parent album A Flock of Seagulls and another single " Space Age Love Song " were also successful.

The remaining members fell out and A Flock Of Seagulls in its original incarnation disbanded.

For the next eighteen years, Mike Score worked with various musicians under the A Flock Of Seagulls banner, playing live gigs and occasionally issuing new recordings.

By 2002, A Flock of Seagulls was brought back to life when Rockstar Games added their most famous single " I Ran " to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and included in the games official trailer.

Mike Score continues to tour with other musicians as A Flock Of Seagulls.

In a 2010 interview Mike Score confirmed the name ' A Flock of Seagulls ' was taken from The Stranglers song ' Toiler on the Sea '.

* When Danny Pintauro came out of the closet, The Daily Show referred to his Flock of Seagulls haircut on Who's the Boss?

* It was referred to in " The Wedding Singer " at the airport scene where the ticket salesman has a " Flock of Seagulls " haircut-" Like Flock of Seagulls much?

There's a gas shortage and A Flock of Seagulls.

In episode 39, " The One Where Ross and Rachel ... You Know ", Chandler, when asked if a girl has ever laughed when he kissed her, says yes, but mentions that it was because " it was 1982, and my Flock of Seagulls haircut was tickling her chin.

In 1981, Jive began operations by releasing British dance and pop music such as Q-Feel, A Flock of Seagulls and Tight Fit.

In 1981, Jive began operations by releasing British dance and pop music such as Q-Feel, A Flock of Seagulls and Tight Fit.

Austin tells her there is nothing to see in those eras except " a gas shortage and A Flock of Seagulls " ( the former being the 1973 oil crisis and the latter being either the 1980s New Wave band or Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull book and film, a strong cultural meme in the mid-1970s ).

* 1980s pop band A Flock of Seagulls originated from Norris Green.

* Flock ( album ), the third album by Irish band Bell X1

* The Flock ( band ), a 1969 – 1970 progressive rock band fronted by violinist Jerry Goodman

" I Ran " ( also released as " I Ran ( So Far Away )") is a song by English New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls.

In 2004, the bands included: A Flock of Seagulls, Devo, General Public, Tone Loc, Tommy Tutone, and The Run Hit Wonders ( an 80s cover band created by Nike for the event ).

After his death, his band continued as the Professional Seagulls.

* The Animals, a British rock band

* Atomic Rooster, a British progressive rock band

Although Collins used it as a catharsis for her opposition to the Vietnam War, two years after her rendition, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, senior Scottish regiment of the British Army, recorded an instrumental version featuring a bagpipe soloist accompanied by a pipe and drum band.

* Atmosfear, a British jazz-funk band active in the 1970s

* ANS ( album ), a box set from the British band Coil

* ANS ( single ), a single by the British band Coil

More recently, the horn section of Antibalas have been guest musicians on TV On The Radio's highly acclaimed 2008 album Dear Science, as well as on British band Foals ' 2008 album, Antidotes.

In recent times, it has become customary to invite units from France's allies to the parade ; in 2004 during the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, British troops ( the band of the Royal Marines, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, Grenadier Guards and King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ) led the Bastille Day parade in Paris for the first time, with the Red Arrows flying overhead.

* Benz ( group ), British band

Queen Boadicea features in the opening lyrics of the song " The Good Old Days " written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat for British rock band The Libertines from their 2002 album " Up the bracket ", the line reads, " If Queen Boadicea is long dead and gone, Still then the spirit in her children's children's children, it lives on ".

* Blitz ( band ), a British punk rock band

The " British brass band " group of instruments fall into this category.

In 2009, Charles formed the Fantasy Funk Band, from the leading British musicians in the genre, and has presented the band at festivals, including Glastonbury.

* Cyan was a British progressive rock band from the 1980s and 1990s.

* Cleopatra ( band ), a British girl group

* Cradle of Filth, a popular British extreme metal band, has produced an album called Dusk ... and Her Embrace inspired by " Carmilla ", and have also recorded an instrumental track titled " Carmilla's Masque ".

* The Chords, 1970s British mod revival band

British style brass band ensembles consist completely of brass instruments ( except for the percussion section ).

* The Creation ( band ), a British band

In 1985, the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion achieved their only UK Number One album-and the best-selling album of their career-with Misplaced Childhood, a concept album featuring lyrics by frontman Fish which were partly autobiographical.

* Clone ( Threshold album ), a 1998 album by British progressive metal band Threshold

In the Hauran in Syria, where timber is scarce the doors were made in stone, and one measuring by is in the British Museum ; the band on the meeting stile shows that it was one of the leaves of a double door.

* Discharge ( band ), British hardcore punk band