Blue Zoo

Blue Zoo
Origin	England
Genres	New Wave Synthpop
Years active	1980–1985, 2010–present
Labels	Magnet Records
Members	Andy O Mike Ansell Tim Parry Mickey Sparrow

Blue Zoo are a British New Wave band, active between 1980 and 1985, and again since 2010.

Career

Formed in 1980, their original band name was Modern Jazz, and they released two singles entitled "In My Sleep (I Shoot Sheep)" and "Ivory Towers" in 1981.

The nucleus of the band were Andy O (Overall) on vocals, Tim Parry on guitar, Mike Ansell on bass and Mickey Sparrow on drums.

Matthew Flowers (formerly of New Wave band Sore Throat) accompanied the band live on keyboards, with Pete Lancaster occasionally on trumpet and Steve Pond from Inner City Unit playing occasional synthesizer.

Tim Parry later went on to become a record producer and work in artist management.

Blue Zoo had three UK hit singles. I'm Your Man reached 55 in June 1982 and in October 1982, "Cry Boy Cry" charted and reached number 13. It stayed on the UK Singles Chart's Top 40 for eight weeks. Forgive and Forget reached 60 in May 1983.

Although not charting, the much acclaimed single, Love Moves In Strange Ways was single of the week in NME.

They released an album, Two By Two (sometimes written as 2x2 or 2By2) in 1983.

Blue Zoo played their first concert in 28 years at the Ginglik in Shepherd's Bush Green on 22 July 2010.

In February 2013 the band sucessfully completed a short tour of the Philippines.

Discography

All singles and albums released on Magnet, distributed by Polydor.

Albums

• Two By Two (1983)
• For All I Really Care (1984)
• In Love & In Life (compilation album) (2013)

Singles

• "I'm Your Man" (7") & (12") (1982) - UK No. 55
• "Cry Boy Cry" (7") & (12") (1982) - UK No. 13
• "Loved One's An Angel" (7") & (12") (1983) - UK No. 76
• "I Just Can't (Forgive And Forget)" (7") & (12") (1983) - UK No. 60
• "Love Moves In Strange Ways" (7") & (12")
• "Somewhere In The World (There's A Cowboy Smiling)" (7") & (12")