OMD

UK

Formed: 1977

Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock, Electronic

Styles: New Wave, Punk/New Wave, New Romantic, Synth Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Dance, Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance

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Featuring the core members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey, the Liverpudlian synth pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark formed in the late '70s. Humphreys and McCluskey began performing together in school, playing in the bands VCL XI, Hitlerz Underpantz, and the Id. After the Id split in 1978, McCluskey was with Dalek I Love You for a brief time. Once he left Dalek, he joined with Humphreys and Paul Collister to form Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The group released its first single, "Electricity," on Factory Records; the record le...

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