Score, who lives in Florida and is currently on an international tour with his band, believes they were followed from that night’s show because the thief went directly to their van. Most devastating for Score is that he lost all the hard drive files for his first, nearly completed, solo album that he’d been working on for the last 18 months. While he had recorded some of the album’s songs in studios, he said, much of it was done on the road and is contained in external computer drives that were in the van. “When we had days off, we could set up a little studio and continue working,” he said. People who do this kind of thing will never have a real life I think karma in the end will come around and take whatever they have got.” It’s 18 months of work just basically thrown into the trash because some people don’t have a real life and have to steal from others. The New Wave band from England was best known for the 1982 single “I Ran (So Far Away)” which hit heavy rotation on the airwaves in the early days of MTV. A former hairdresser, Score sported one of the most iconic hairdos of the ’80s, with blond hair that swooped and swirled and formed wings on the side, though these days the 60-year-old maintains a clean-shaven dome. Score remains the only original band member touring under the Flock of Seagulls name.Ī Downey Police Department records employee, Jessica Henson, confirmed there was a report of a van stolen at the hotel’s address on Firestone Boulevard on Sunday but declined to release the report or its contents, saying “the case is still open.”Īmong the items stolen were a Roland X6 keyboard, two black Fender Aerodyne Telecaster electric guitars with cream edge bindings and pickups, two hand-made Washburn lead guitars, and a customized drum kit equipped with electronics and triggers, Score said. He estimated that the contents in the van are worth as much as $70,000, including about $10,000 worth of high-end stage clothes inside the van. The van also contained some of their cell phones, studio equipment and band merchandise. “A lot of stuff that’s really irreplaceable.” “Somebody just broke into it, stole our whole van with all our equipment, clothing, band gear, cellphones, everything you need when you’re on the road - all your good stuff, all your good clothes, a bunch of expensive band equipment,” he said. Jonathan Montoya, front office manager of the Comfort Inn, said the theft happened very quickly, according to security video footage one of his employees had seen.
“I’ve been working here almost two years I’ve never had any car being broken into or any car being stolen,” said Montoya, who said he was not working that morning.
“We are a very small property, have one entrance and exit. As far as I know, the last vehicle that was stolen (from the hotel) was many years ago, probably five or six years ago.
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The band was still able to perform at Sunday’s free Concerts on the Green in Warner Park, using rented equipment.
James Kinsey, CEO and president of the Woodland Hills-based Valley Cultural Center that puts on the concerts, said Sunday night’s event went well despite the challenges the band faced. Score said they had to do the Woodland Hills gig with gear “that was totally foreign to us.” “They were clapping, dancing and singing along and everything went fine.” “There was just a few things missing but the crowd seemed to enjoy it,” said Kinsey, who said fire officials estimated the Warner Park crowd at more than 4,000 people. “Literally, we were able to get through with the help of the crew and all that but it will be quite an event to get back to where we want to be,” he said. Score, whose band leaves for London Tuesday to continue the tour, said he spent much of Sunday reprogramming the sounds on the rented keyboard but that ultimately he could only approximate the sounds he wanted to create.
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