Flock of Seagulls

Nearly 30 years after the release of this debut album, Liverpudlian quartet A Flock of Seagulls are still best remembered for Mike Score's aviation-approved hairstyle, which is an absolute shame. While it earned the band plenty of attention back in the heady days of MTV, it ended up hurting their musical legacy in the long run. Thankfully, when their biggest hit "I Ran" was used for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, it renewed interest in the band and a whole new generation of AFOS fans were born. When their debut album was released in 1982, they had already released the "Telecommunication" single and the Modern Love Is Automatic EP, which had already laid the groundwork for their unique style. Mixing mood-inducing synth work with delay-laden guitar licks, A Flock of Seagulls straddled the line between the cool coldness of early OMD and the bold bravado of U2, bringing both worlds together while adding a bit of sci-fi imagery and immediate commercial pop hooks. When the singl