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20/20 | |
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| Origin | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Genres | Power pop[1] |
| Years active | c.1977–1983, 1995–2005 |
| Labels | Bomp!, Portrait, Enigma, Oglio |
| Members | Steve Allen Ron Flynt |
| Past members | Mike Gallo Chris Silagyi Joel Turrisi Dean Korth |
20/20 was an American power pop band based in Hollywood, California. They were active from 1977 to 1983 and reunited during the mid-1990s to the late 1990s. In the mid-1970s, Steve Allen and Ron Flynt played together in Tulsa. Allen and Flynt were graduates of Nathan Hale High School, and both attended Oklahoma State University, where Flynt earned a degree in music.[2] Allen decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa natives Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley met with success. Once in Los Angeles, Allen met with Mike Gallo (singer/songwriter/keyboardist/drummer), who had already conceived of the idea and name for the band (after having spent time in the UK). Gallo first started writing with Allen, and later auditioned Allen's friend from Tulsa, Ron Flynt, for 20/20. The three-piece band signed with Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1978 to record a single.[3] Between the release of the single, and their first LP on Portrait Records, Chris Silagyi joined the band as a keyboardist.[3]
- ^ Borack, John M. (2007). Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide. Not Lame Recordings. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-9797714-0-8.
- ^ "Tulsans Find Success In Los Angeles Clubs :: TULSA AND OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION". cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org. Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 0-85112-579-4.