ABC Then: In 1980, after Martin Fry interviewed Vice Versa members Mark White (guitar) and Stephen Singleton (saxophone) for his fanzine, Fry was asked to join their band as a vocalist. By the time they added drummer David Robinson and bassist Mark Lickley, Fry had diverted the band towards electronic pop music and renaming the band ABC. The band had signed a record contract and released the single, "Tears Are Not Enough," by the next year. David Palmer replaced Robinson and two more singles, "Poison Arrow" and "The Look of Love," became UK Top Ten hits in 1982. The singles would be included in their debut, The Lexicon Of Love, entering the charts at number one and including another Top Ten hit "All of My Heart." One year later, the US would finally pick up on the band and again ABC's drummer would depart. A harder sophomore release, Beauty Stab would be released late in 1983 with only one notable single, "That Was Then but This Is Now." Now whittled down to the duo of Fry and White, (How to Be A) Millionaire was released but it would take another year for people to take notice of the tracks "Be Near Me" (UK #26/US#9) and "How To Be A Millionaire (US#20). After time off due to illness, 1987 saw the release of their biggest US hit "When Smokey Sings" (UK#11/US#5) and the album Alphabet City. It would be two years later til they released Up which barely made the UK charts. Now: An ABC greatest hits, Absolutely, brought them/him back to the UK Top 10 at the start of the decade. Fry and White release Abracadabra, their first album on Parlophone Records and the last by the duo, leaving Fry as the sole member of ABC. After an extended haitus where Fry records some experimental dance tracks with guitarist Keith Lowndes and Heaven 17-singer Glenn Gregory as the Magic Skulls, a revamped ABC release a new album, 1997's Skyscraping, which was only released in the UK. ABC then released a live album entitled The Lexicon Of Live. Fry has been reported as writing new material for the next ABC album.