| 20/20 | |
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| Origin | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Genres | Rock, New Wave, power pop |
| Years active | c.1977–1983, 1995–2005 |
| Labels | Bomp!, Portrait, Oglio |
| Members | |
| Steve Allen Ron Flynt Mike Gallo Chris Silagyi |
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| Past members | |
| 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. Steve Allen and Ron Flynt had played together in Tulsa in 1976, and Steve decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa natives Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley met with success. Once in Los Angeles, Steve met with Mike Gallo (singer/songwriter/keyboardist/drummer), who had already conceived of the idea & name for the band (after having spent time in the UK). Mike first started writing with Steve, and later, auditioned, Steve'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. Between the release of the single, and their first LP on Portrait Records, Chris Silagyi joined the band as a keyboardist.
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After Mike Gallo was no longer with the band, CBS dropped them and the original band broke up. They hired several new drummers, and released a 2nd album. Flynt moved to Austin, opened his own recording studio, and headlined the 2005 Austin music festival with a newly released CD on Zip records including the powerpop tune "Mary's World". Steve Allen moved to Nashville, Tennessee and continued to record and write music there. Chris Silagyi became a record producer. Joel Turrisi became an actor and works in other areas of film & music. After splitting with 20/20 in late 1979 (and taking twenty unreleased/recorded 20/20 songs, which he is the sole writer, with him ) Mike Gallo went on to form the bands RadioMusic and Two Moons, and signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell.
Four band members now operate four different recording studios in four 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.
Mike Gallo- recently (2008) started his own label, Two Moons Records, to release his catalog (previously unreleased 20/20, RadioMusic, Two Moons). He writes and records at home. Mike is currently focused on songwriting, his label and publishing.
| Year | Title | Billboard 200 | Record Label | Comments | |
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| 1979 | 20/20 | 138 | Portrait Records | ||
| 1981 | Look Out! | 127 | Portrait Records | ||
| 1982 | Sex Trap | — | Mainway Records | ||
| 1983 | Sex Trap | — | 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." | |
| 1995 | 20/20/Look Out! | — | Oglio Records | First two LP's, 20/20 and Look Out! remastered and released on one CD. Now out of print and commercially unavailable. | |
| 1995 | 4 Day Tornado | — | Oglio Records | ||
| 1998 | Interstate | — | Oglio Records | ||
| 1999 | Sex Trap | — | Japanese release | Includes bonus track, "Best of Your Life." |