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Charted #10 and #11 on Billboards Dance Chart for 'RUSSIAN RADIO' and 'IF I EVER' Toured with DEVO, Thomas Dolby, Book of Love, Mesh, De/Vison, Information Society

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Pet Shop Boys,Seal,Depeche Mode,Beatles

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Pet Shop Boys,Seal,Depeche Mode,Beatles

Bio

We are Red Flag, brothers Mark and Chris Reynolds. We first entered the delightful world of music in 1984 when a local radio station (91x in S.D.) selected one of our songs, 'Distant Memories' for their compilation album. After hearing our song on the radio, we were hooked. A few years later, after performing at a club in Pacific Beach CA, we landed our first record deal. Shortly after, we released 'Broken Heart' and 'Russian Radio' on Synthicide Records (1988). In 1989 we were picked up by Enigma Records and released a full-length album titled Naïve Art, produced by Paul Robb of Information Society. This album spurred a number of club hits. ('Russian Radio' and 'If I Ever' were both top ten on Billboard’s Dance chart). We then appeared on American Bandstand and our video for 'Russian Radio' was in rotation on MTV's 120 Minutes. We toured heavily and opened for bands such as DEVO, Thomas Dolby, Dead or Alive, Book of Love and Real Life among others.

A remix album titled Naïve Dance followed a year later, with much of it consisting of mixes done by the Razormaid crew. Then Enigma Records folded and we signed with I.R.S. Records and released Machines (in 1992). In 1993, I.R.S. released us. Our hopes to release cds consistently and have a long term relationship with a record company seemed somehow cursed. Then we realized. It’s time to move to Plan B !

And so it was that in 1994 we started our own label, Plan B Records. We have consistently released new c