| Name: | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | | Background: | group or band | | Alias: | OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres, OMITD | | Origin: | The Wirral, Merseyside, England | | Genre: | New Wave, Synthpop, Post-punk | | Years active: | 1978–1996, 2006– present | | Label: | Virgin, DinDisc, Telegraph, Factory | | Associated acts: | VCL XI, The Id, Dalek I Love You, Godot, Games, The Listening Pool, Onetwo | | URL: | , | | Current members: | Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper | | Past members: | Mike Douglas, Dave Hughes, Graham Weir, Neil Weir, Stuart Kershaw, Lloyd Massett, Nigel Ipinson, Phil Coxon , Abe Jukes | | Notable instruments: | Mellotron, Fairlight CMI, E-mu Emulator, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Korg Micro-Preset |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England. OMD record for Virgin Records (originally for Virgin's DinDisc subsidiary).
The group was founded by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, and they formed the core of the outfit until 1989, when the group split. McCluskey ... Full biography | Photos |
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