Flying Lizards

USA

Formed: 1978

Years Active: 70, 80

Genres: Electronic, Reggae, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock

Styles: Experimental Electronic, Modern Composition, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Experimental Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental

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The Flying Lizards are remembered by most listeners as new wave one-hit wonders thanks to their deliberately eccentric cover of Barrett Strong's "Money," which became a surprise chart success in 1979. But the Flying Lizards were in fact the brainchild of David Cunningham, a well-respected avant-garde composer, producer, and visual artist, and it became one of the first salvos in a long and fascinating career. Cunningham was born in Ireland in 1954, and once told a reporter he first took up music in school as a way of avoiding playing rugby with...

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