Paul Reynolds is the former lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

ist and backup singer

Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

 for the Liverpool band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls are an English New Wave band originally formed by brothers Michael "Mike" Score and Alister "Ali" James Score , with Frank Maudsley , Michael Kuby , H.J...

. He is commonly known for his large white glasses

Glasses

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, which he gave away to a fan who was going to fight in the Gulf War

Gulf War

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, and serious-mannered appearance.

Reynolds joined A Flock of Seagulls at the age of seventeen. He was invited to audition by Frank Maudsley when Willie Woo left the band. The group's popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of their single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "(It's Not Me) Talking

(It's Not Me) Talking

" Talking" is the first single by New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls recorded in 1981 from their second album Listen. The song describes about a man who keeps hearing voices in his head and that he is being contacted from outer space and he cannot run away from his emotions, wherever he goes it is...

", and in 1982 the song "I Ran (So Far Away)

I Ran (So Far Away)

"I Ran" is a song by English New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls. It was released on their debut album A Flock of Seagulls in 1982 and was its most successful single, reaching number 9 in the United States and number 1 in Australia.-Single:The single was promoted by a distinctive music video in...

" was heavily played on MTV in the US. By the time he turned twenty, the band then released an album

Album

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, won a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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, got two more hit singles, and did a worldwide tour. Reynolds's favorite concert

Concert

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 experience was performing at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

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 in New York City

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.

Reynolds left the band in 1984. The last video he ever did with them was "Never Again (The Dancer)". The band continued to exist until 1986 when it broke up. When A Flock of Seagulls was reformed in 1989 by singer Mike Score

Mike Score

Mike Score is the keyboardist, guitarist, and lead singer for the New Wave band, A Flock of Seagulls.-Career:...

, Reynolds and the remaining members decided not to rejoin. Reynolds and his fellow ex-members did, however, reunite with Score for a one-off performance in London

London

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 in 2003 for VH1

VH1

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's Bands Reunited

Bands Reunited

Bands Reunited is a television program produced by VH1 in 2004. Hosted by Aamer Haleem, the show documented the attempted reuniting of a formerly popular musical ensemble for a special concert in either London or Los Angeles....

television program. The band performed their hits "I Ran" and "Space Age Love Song" in front of a staged audience arranged by the program's production team. Before the performance, Reynolds was interviewed about why he left the band; he claimed that he was too young for the "rock 'n' roll lifestyle" and that he was exhausted from all of the performances. He is currently performing with another band in England

England

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External links

• Paul Reynolds at MySpace
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