ABC

ABC (often spelled with three stars) are an English New Wave band that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour to this day and released a new album, Traffic, on April 28, 2008. ABC were formed in 1980 in the city of Sheffield, after Martin Fry, a music journalist, interviewed the band Vice Versa for his fanzine Modern Drugs. They adopted Fry as lead vocalist and changed their name to ABC. The re... more

Place Musical Career Began:

Active as Musical Artist (start):

  • 1980

Also known as:

  • A.B.C.,
  • ABC☆
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