As OMD, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey stumbled into the music business with no plans to be pop stars.
Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey who are Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark took time to chat with Marty Whelan about the early days of the band.
They formed OMD for fun in 1978 with no plan to release anything. Having sent Tony Wilson a cassette of the song 'Electricity', he suggested that they put out a single on his Manchester based label Factory Records.
We were a two-piece out of necessity because nobody else wanted to play with us.
Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey describe how they stumbled into the music business and never had any plans to become pop stars.
This episode of 'Video File' was broadcast on 18 February 1985. The presenter is Marty Whelan.
'Video File' was a 30 minute programme featuring a different musical artist each week. The presenter was Marty Whelan. Gareth O'Callaghan became the presenter in 1990 and ran until 1991.
The first episode of 'Video File' was broadcast on 16 November 1984 and featured Nik Kershaw.
Video File will take an in-depth look at bands, solo artists, duos etc., concentrating on only one per week. Mary will introduce videos of the guests and will have live interviews with them also.
RTÉ Guide 09 Nov 1984, p.5
