A Flock of Seagulls

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You know how you can tell a rock star from any average Joe on the street? Their hair, duh. Real rock stars have crazy quaffs. You see a rock star with lame, everyday hair, and you can rest assured they're just a poser butthead. Same goes for people on the street. If you don't know who they are, bu ... More >>

Modern English at Grand Central Miami September 28

Modern English's Robbie Grey on "I Melt With You" Fame: "It Was Literally Thrust Upon Us"

Essex, England-birthed five-piece Modern English boasts a legacy that's pretty much the reverse of its '80s post-punk peers. Where similar outfits enjoyed serious commercial success in their homeland but only cult-band status in the U.S., frontman Robbie Grey and Modern English achieved the opposi ... More >>

Modern English: Stop the World and Melt With Miami at Grand Central on September 28

In the 1990s, nothing was bigger than the 1980s. The phrase "sooo 80s" became applicable to every last iteration of big hair, bright colors, and schmaltzy synthesizers. A few of the Me Decade's touchstone references: MTV overdoses, Madonna's dirty Bowery tutu, the Flock of Seagulls hairdo, baggy s ... More >>

Flock of Seagulls, New Wave Hooks, and Big-Ass Hair at Grand Central, May 11

View the full 37-photo slideshow of A Flock of Seagulls at Grand Central here.A Flock of Seagulls Grand Central Friday, May 11, 2012 Better Than: A real '80s dance party, because we've got smart phones. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was 1982. The iconic '80s synthpop band ... More >>

A Flock of Seagulls at Grand Central Miami May 11

Flock Of Seagulls' Mike Score Talks New Wave Hair and Aliens

Mike Score is the mastermind behind A Flock Of Seagulls. Inspired by Bowie and Alice Cooper, he combined science fiction, hairspray, girl pants, makeup, guitars, and synths to start his band in 1979. Then he led his Flock around the world. Crossfade asked the man himself about the journey in advanc ... More >>

Flock of Seagulls Promises New Wave Hooks and Big-Ass Hair at Grand Central on May 11

A Flock of Seagulls is remembered for two things. Some people fondly recall the Liverpool quartet for its 1982 single -- and accompanying MTV mega-hit video -- "I Ran (So Far Away)," as well as a steady string of other hazy, early-'80s Duran Duran-isms. But to the average North American pop music ... More >>

Scraping Teeth's Worst Band in America 2012 Tour Kickoff at Churchill's Pub April 10

Rat Bastard and Scraping Teeth Are Back for The Worst Band in America Tour 2012

​Hellish hiss and skull-splitting feedback explodes into a swirlingly atonal shit-cloud of expertly terrible guitar noise, erratic yet superprecise drum strikes, droning bass, garbled shrieks, and totally indecipherable lyrical chatter. That's the sound of Scraping Teeth. And it's the fucking wors ... More >>

Don the White Glove

Concert Review: Respectable Street's 22nd Anniversary

Afrobeta opened the night's festivities.​Respectable Street's 22nd AnniversaryClematis Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, August 22, 2009Better Than: The 21 previous Respectable Street anniversary parties (probably)The Review: It's been 22 years since Rodney Mayo bought an old  Salvation Army s ... More >>

Q&A With the Naked Eyes' Pete Byrne, Playing at the Norton Museum on Thursday, July 9

via nakedeyesmusic.comWith 1980s playlists all the rage these days, you don't have to be of a certain age to appreciate the tuneful joy of Naked Eyes' 1983 "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me." But it helps. If only for the fact that you can count yourself among those who were there when ... More >>

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