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Formed 1980.

English 80s pop group

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The First Time With...: Martin Fry

Matt Everett chats to Martin Fry, frontman with Sheffield band ABC.

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ABC are an English New Romantic band that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.

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    Fry has recorded something equalling his all-time best.

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