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Seagull refers to two different bands, one based in the UK, the other in Melbourne, Australia. They are listed below in chronological order. 1. Seagull was formed in Manchester in 1999. It was the brainchild of two former members of the Finley Quaye band, Tom Greenwood and Jo Michell. Other members have included bassist Txarli Robles and drummer Bill Henry. The Seagull song Waiting For You was covered by Finley Quaye and appeared on his album Much More Than Much Love. www.myspace.com/seagulluk 2. Seagull is Melbourne dweller Chris Bolton, sometimes joined by Ed Bolton (bass) Kishore Ryan (drums) and Michael...

THEY’RE A BIG BAND. Not Count Basie big. More like big heart and big ideas. Big emotion and big gestures. Big-time intensity and, most importantly, a big-ass sound. A big mixture of rock and soul. Big ambition, too. Progression, what with its tendency to offer no guaranteed returns, is rare in today’s world. Rarity makes paying witness to an artistic arc spanning several albums during which a band is allowed to grow into its ambitions a real treat. That’s why the Damn Seagulls, from Helsinki, Finland, make heads turn. After a mission statement of a first album and a prodigious...

Formerly one half of Nude Records act King Louis, Seagull Strange frontman Dan Telling started his current project in the solitary confines of his home studio. After coming to the attention of Oxford based independent label Shifty Disco, a selection of these home recordings were made available in the form of two well received E.P.'s: the first, a download only release at the tail end of 2004, entitled "Think Happy Thoughts", followed by a physical E.P. release, eight months later, entitled "Animals". By this time Seagull Strange had evolved into an all-knowing, all-powerful, six-piece band, who when not giving their...

A Flock of Seagulls è un gruppo synthpop formato originariamente dai fratelli Mike (tastiere, voce) e Ali Score (batteria), con Frank Maudsley (basso elettrico) e Paul Reynolds (chitarra). Raggiunsero la popolarità grazie al video di I Ran (So Far Away), trasmesso dalla neonata MTV. Il nome della band proviene da un verso della canzone dei The Stranglers, Toiler on the Sea, che compare sul loro album Black and White. Il nome della band è incentrato sulla figura di Mike Score (in precedenza acconciatore) e su suo fratello Ali. La band si formò nel 1979 a Liverpool come trio. Mike suonava...

Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her was a band from Japan formed by Aiha Higurashi in 1992, and eventually split up in 2002. Their musical style contained elements of indie rock and, to a lesser extent, Shibuya-kei. What started with a girl humming and singing on a tape recorder quickly turned into one of the most prominent bands in the Japanese underground scene. The original members of Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her were Aiha Higurashi (Vocal and Guitar) and Sachiko Ito (Bass). They had no past musical experience, and didn't know much about playing their instruments, but they went...