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Francis Lee Maudsley (Liverpool, 10 November 1959), known only as Frank Maudsley, he is a British bassist best known for being a member of the original line-up of the new wave band A Flock Of Seagulls, which achieved worldwide success in the early 1980s.

Biography
Born in Liverpool, England on November 10, 1959, Frank was a hairdresser in Liverpool who together with Mike Score, Ali Score and Willie Woo formed the new wave band A Flock Of Seagulls in 1979, with his most famous line-up consisting of him, the Score brothers and Paul Reynolds who replaced Willie Woo.

The group's popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of "(It's Not Me) Talking" in 1981 and in 1982 the song "I Ran (So Far Away)" that topped the ranking in Australia and reached number seven and nine in New Zealand and the United States, respectively, and reaching the top 40 of their home country (United Kingdom).[4]

In 1982 the band released their first album, A Flock Of Seagulls, which achieved worldwide success and caused the band to start touring the world.

In 1983 the band released the Listen album which contained the single "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)", which reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom, in the USA reached the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, 8th position in South Africa. South and number 1 in France.[8]

In the same year the band toured with The Police, which contributed to the band being better known.

In 1984 the band released their third album, The Story of a Young Heart, with "The More You Live, The More You Love" as the first single, it entered the Top 40 in the United Kingdom and in several other countries, such as Germany and New Zealand. In the United States, it peaked at 56 and # 10 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks, respectively. "The More You Live, More You Love" had similar success in Belgium (Flanders), where it also reached 10th place. In the same year Paul Reynolds leaves the band.

With the popularity of the first two albums and the name "A Flock of Seagulls" still being valued, they played 4 shows in a row in Philadelphia. Mike, Ali and Frank Maudsley competed and were conditionally awarded green cards, based on celebrity status under the O-1 visa classification. Conditional approval was granted to the three members, who settled in Philadelphia.

Frank was disappointed living in a strange city; he loved A Flock of Seagulls, but had no family. Missing the UK, he ended up returning to England. Mike and Ali stayed in Philadelphia and met the visa terms. With Frank in Britain and the Score brothers in the United States, it looked like the band had split into two camps. In fact, it was Frank who maintained the band's communication. Unfortunately, the brothers had a fight, causing Mike to become the only remaining member of the original lineup, and Ali to move to Boston. There he played in a hard rock band and then went on to work for a computer company in Cambridge, since the visa had made him a permanent resident.

Frank was the intermediary between the brothers and, during the recording of "Dream Come True", something indicates that Ali played in only 3 songs, Frank in 4 and Mike in all 9. One of the songs that the three played together was entitled " (Cosmos) The Effect of the Sun "and was removed from the album. As a result, the number of tracks on the album dropped to 9. [1] A big discussion arose because Frank and Ali wanted to remove "Love on Your Knees" and include "Cosmos." It was with this argument that the two video clips, "Who's That Girl" and "Heartbeat Like a Drum," were filmed in quick succession. These two videos marked the last time the remaining three members were together on a recording or performance, until 2003.

Frank and his fellow ex-members, however, met with Score for yet another performance in London in 2003 for VH1's Bands Reunited program.

In June 2011, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds performed at the Croxteth Park music festival, Liverpool, under the name 'A Flock of Seagulls'.

Frank returned to the original line-up in 2018 for his first new album since 1984, "Ascension", together with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra that would bring all their greatest hits re-recorded with the same orchestra. On June 6 of the same year, a video for the single "Space Age Love Song" was released.

Shortly after being asked to record the album with his former music companions, Frank was diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart disease. Happily accommodated in his beloved Liverpool, he is determined not to let a little thing like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy get in the way of the band's comeback tour.