Our first year in America, we did 250 shows in like 350 days, or something like that. Although people thought we were like that, we were a heavy touring band. MS: Looking from the inside, I think, although a lot of people think the band was more like a fashion band because of the hairstyle and all that, I think, actually, we were quite individual sounding, quite individual attitude toward the rock and roll situation. WM: Why do you think A Flock of Seagulls were so popular back then? Even if it's not such a great name, we inspired them. You know, the thing is, they've obviously taken an '80s kind of name. MS: (Laughs loudly) Only a flock of assholes would get a name like that. WM: I don't know if you know this, but up here in Worcester, there is an '80s cover band called A Flock of Assholes. ![]() Everyone was like, 'Wow, what a strange name.' I think the name made people want to hear what we were about. We knew we were going to have to change our name … Strangely enough, from that moment on, everybody noticed us. Originally, were called Level 7, but Level 42 has just put their album out. He looked like he looked right at us and called out, “a flock of seagulls.” We took it as a sign. 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. MS: First off, it came from reading “Jonathan Livingston Seagull.” And then, my favorite band was The Stranglers. WM: Where did the name, A Flock of Seagulls, come from? Worcester Magazine caught up with Score by phone recently, and dug into where the name came from, how he came up with the hairdo and his famous split from his brother, and Seagulls co-founder, Ali Score, among other things. The show also features the band Dirty Deeds. Score and the current version of The Seagulls, as he calls them, fly into Worcester for WXLO's Awesome '80's Prom Friday, April 28 at Mechanics Hall. The lead singer no longer sports the hair that spawned many a copycat (he's bald now, actually), but he is still banging the keys of his synth and doing his part to keep the Decade of Decadence alive. More than three decades after forming in Liverpool and, no pun intended, scoring a string of early-'80s hits, A Flock of Seagulls is down to just one remaining, original member – Score. ![]() Actually, that's not far from how it happened. If you remember nothing else about A Flock of Seagulls, you absolutely remember Mike Score's hair – sides swept up into wings, middle matted down as if someone stepped on it. See an abridged version in this week's print edition of Worcester Magazine.) (Editor's Note: Below is the complete interview with A Flock of Seagulls' co-founder and lead singer Mike Score.
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