R1076 - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS: THEIR EARLIEST DAYS drummer Ali Score tells his story

Alongside tracks from The Four Tops, The Stranglers, Bill Nelson and of course A Flock Of Seagulls, The Saint of RETROPOPIC RADIO talks to drummer Ali Score about his earliest days up to and including the debut single release of 'It's Not Me Talking'.

To what extent was music all around Ali growing up? How well did Ali and his brother Mike, who was 15 months younger than him, get on with each other growing up? Born in Yorkshire why did they move to Liverpool? What did Ali think of brother Mike's band Tontrix, who he roadied for? With Tontrix disbanding what were the circumstances that lead to the two brothers setting up their own band? How did they get hold of bassist Frank Maudsley and guitarist Paul Reynolds? Where did the group name 'A Flock Of Seagulls' come from? How intentional image wise was that 'seagull's wings' hair style of Mike's? What are Ali's memories of the aliens have landed pop video for the 'A Flock Of Seagulls debut single 'It's Not Me Talking'?