The band achieved broader recognition via their seminal album Architecture & Morality (1981) and its three singles, all of which were international hits. OMD released their influential debut single, ' Electricity', in 1979, and gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 anti-war song ' Enola Gay'. Spawned by earlier group The Id, the outfit was founded by Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals) amid rotating line-ups, Martin Cooper (various instruments) and Malcolm Holmes (drums) are the longest-serving additional members. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ( OMD) are an English electronic music band formed in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978.
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