20/20

20/20 was an American power pop band based in Hollywood, California. They were active from 1977 to 1983 and reunited during the mid 1990s to the late 1990s. Steve Allen and Ron Flynt had played together in Tulsa in 1976, and Steve decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa natives Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley met with success. Once in Los Angeles, Steve met with Mike Gallo (singer/songwriter/keyboardist/drummer), who had already conceived of the idea & name for the band (after having spent time in the UK). Mike first started writing with Steve, and later, auditioned, Steve's friend, from Tulsa, Ron Flynt for 20/20. The three-piece band signed with Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1978 to record a single. Between the release of the single, and their first LP on Portrait Records, Chris Silagyi joined the band as a keyboardist.

Personnel

• Steve Allen – guitar, vocals
• Ron Flynt – bass, vocals
• Chris Silagyi – keyboards (1977–1981)
• Mike Gallo – drums (1977–c.1979)
• Joel Turrisi – drums (1979–1981)
• Dean Korth - drums (1981–1983)
• Bill Belknap – drums (c.1983–1984, 1995–2005)

Break-up in 1983

During the recording of the first album, Mike Gallo was let go from with the band. They finished the first album with a studio drummer, then hired Joel Turrisi for "Look Out", their second album. The third album "Sex Trap" was recorded with drummer Dean Korth. 20/20 then split up. Flynt moved to Austin, opened his own recording studio, and headlined the 2005 Austin music festival with a newly released CD on Zip records including the powerpop tune "Mary's World". Steve Allen moved to Nashville, Tennessee and continued to record and write music there. Chris Silagyi became a record producer. Joel Turrisi became an actor and works in other areas of film & music. After splitting with 20/20 in late 1979 (and taking twenty unreleased/recorded 20/20 songs, which he is the sole writer, with him ) Mike Gallo went on to form the bands RadioMusic and Two Moons, and signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell. Dean Korth currently plays drums with the group "The Catalina Scramblers" in Santa Cruz, CA.

Current activities

Four band members now operate four different recording studios in four different cities.
Ron Flynt - Jumping Dog Studio in Austin, Texas.
Steve Allen - Blue Planet Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bill Belknap - Long Branch Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Joel Turrisi - VFG Productions/Panaview filters in West Hollywood CA.
Mike Gallo- recently (2008) started his own label, Two Moons Records, to release his catalog (previously unreleased 20/20, RadioMusic, Two Moons). He writes and records at home. Mike is currently focused on songwriting, his label and publishing.

Discography

Albums

Singles

• 1978: "Giving It All" b/w "Under the Freeway" (Bomp! Records)
• 1979: "Tell Me Why" b/w "Yellow Pills" (Epic/Portrait Records)
• 1979: "Cheri" b/w "Backyard guys" (Epic/Portrait Records)
• 1981: "Strange Side of Love" b/w "People in Your Life"/"Child's Play"

Tracks on compilations

• 1978: "Giving It All" The Best of Bomp Volume One (Bomp! Records)
• 1979: "I Need Someone", "Drive" Waves Anthology Vol.1 (Bomp! Records)
• 1993: "Song of the Universe" Yellow Pills Volume One (Big Deal Records)
• 1993: "Giving It All", "Yellow Pills" Shake It Up! – American Power Pop II (1978–80) (Rhino Records)
• 1995: "Remember the Lightning" Into the Anxious 80's (Risky Business)
• 1996: "Drive", "Screaming", "Under the Freeway" The Roots of Powerpop (Bomp! Records)
• 1997: "Day After Day" Come and Get It: A Tribute to Badfinger (Copper Records)

External links

• 20/20 at Allmusic
• Mike Gallo's 20/20 official on Myspace
• official 20/20 indie label