Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 2 days ago • 4 minute read • The Calgary band betaboys. jpg
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Even in the “everything-old-is-new-again” world of pop music, one of the major inspirations for Calgary’s betaboys will seem pretty obscure for those who aren’t well-schooled in Liverpudlian bands of the early 1980s.
But Scott Perrin, the bassist and chief songwriter for the five-piece act, says English new wavers A Flock of Seagulls are a genuine inspiration. Those of a certain age may remember the band, who had two main claims-to-fame on these shores. One was the icy but catchy 1982 synth-pop hit I Ran (So Far Away) and the other was frontman Mike Score’s startling hairdo, an elaborately poofy spectacle that helped make the band vi