A Flock of Seagulls are one of those quintessential bands that helped define the new wave sound of the 1980s. With hits such as “I Ran (So Far Away),” “Space Age Love Song, ...

“Buck took the shuffle beat and he took the lyrics and the style of honky-tonk, and he added the spunk, the vitality of rock and roll to his sound,” music historian Bill C. Malone has said. “He had a ...