OMD Birmingham Tickets

“OMD” means Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The leaders of the ensemble bassist / vocalist Paul Humphreys and singing keyboardist Andy McCluskey were born and brought up in Liverpool, the hometown of the English bits. Starting their musical path in 1976, they were not inspired by the songs of their famous countrymen but rather by the creations of the West German group “Kraftwerk”. Naturally, they did not have the finances for the production of the first technologized synth rock and used homemade devices. Perhaps that is why their works are distinguished by the absence of the characteristic for the music groups of this direction synth cold and prudence. Read more