20/20 (band)

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20/20
Origin Tulsa Oklahoma
Years active 1975 or 1976-1983, and 1995-2005
Label(s) Bomp! Records, Portrait Records, Oglio Records
Members
Steve Allen
Ron Flynt
Mike Gallo
Chris Silagyi

20/20 were an American power pop band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They were active from 1975 to 1983 and reunited during the mid 1990's to the late 1990's. Steve Allen and Ron Flynt formed the band in Tulsa in 1975 or 1976, and decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa natives Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley met with success. Once in Los Angeles, they met with Mike Gallo, who joined the band on drums. The Three-piece band signed with Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1978 to record a single. Between the release of the single, and their first LP on Portrait Records, Chris Silagyi joined the band as a keyboardist.


Two of their songs appear on the Rhino Records compilation D.I.Y.: Shake It Up: American Power Pop II (1978-80). Their song "Yellow Pills" was featured in the 2006 video game Scarface: The World Is Yours.

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[edit] Personnel

Steve Allen (guitar, vocals)
Ron Flynt (bass, vocals)
Mike Gallo (drums) (1977-1981?)
Chris Silagyi (keyboards) (1979-1983),
Joel Turrisi (drums)(1979-1983) Bill Belknap (drums) (1984?-1983, 1995-2005)

[edit] Break-up in 1983

After not having success, and, in-fact owing money to record labels from advances, the band broke up. Steve Allen went to work for Warner Brothers records and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Ron Flynt moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chris Silagyi became a record producer. Joel Turrisi became a actor and works in other areas of film & music.

[edit] Current activities

Four band members now operate Four different recording studios in three different cities.
Ron Flynt - Jumping Dog Studio in Austin, Texas.
Steve Allen - Blue Planet Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bill Belknap - Long Branch Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Joel Turrisi - VFG Productions/Panaview filters in West Hollywood CA.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Title Format Year Producer Record Label Comments
20/20 Vinyl LP 1979 Earle Mankey Portrait Records
Look Out! Vinyl LP 1981 Richie Podolor Portrait Records
Sex Trap Vinyl LP 1982 band self-released on Mainway Records
Sex Trap Vinyl LP 1983 Enigma Records Enigma records picked-up the album for wider distribution, but "Sex-Trap" and "Fast Car" were remixed, and "Please Please (Listen To Me)" was replaced by a track entitled "Jack's Got A Problem."
20/20/Look Out! CD 1983 Oglio Records First two LP's, 20/20 and Look Out! remastered and released on 1 CD.
4 Day Tornado CD 1995 Oglio Records
Interstate CD 1998 Label?
Sex Trap CD 1999 Label? (Japanese release) Includes bonus track, "Best of Your Life."


[edit] Singles

  • "Giving It All / Under The Freeway" Bomp! Records, 1978
  • "Cheri"/"Backyard guys" Portrait Records, 1979
  • "Strange Side of Love" 1981

[edit] Tracks on compilations

  • "I Need Someone", "Drive" on "Waves Anthology Vol.1" compilation on Bomp! Records, 1979
  • "Song of the Universe" Yellow Pills Volume One, Big Deal Records
  • "Giving It All" and "Yellow Pills" on "D.I.Y.: Shake It Up: American Power Pop II (1978-80)" Rhino Records, 199?
  • "Screaming," "Drive," and "Under The Freeway" on "The Roots Of Powerpop" compilation on Bomp! Records, 1996
  • "Day After Day" (Badfinger cover) "Come & Get It, A Tribute to Badfinger," Copper Records, 1997