Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) embraced the synthesizer era of
keyboard-driven pop perhaps more enthusiastically than any other band and came
to symbolise that 1980s era of British music. Childhood school friends Andy
McCluskey (born on 24 June 1959 in Heswell, Wirral, England)and Paul Humphreys
(born on 27 February 1960 in London, England) formed various groups together in
their teens in the 1970s before deciding to merge melodic pop with the denser,
electronic mood music experiments being pursued by artists like Brian Eno and
Kraftwerk. They had local success separatel...