As the Flamin’ Oh’s, the band released two albums on the Fat City Records label. The self-titled debut LP (1980), Flamin' Oh's, became known as the “green” album to the growing numbers of local followers. The second LP (1981), entitled Oh!, most notably included the band’s hit “Stop.” By this time, the band was playing to packed audiences at Cabooze, Duffy's and the Longhorn.
In the early 1980s, with new technology propelling the music industry, the Flamin' Oh's became one of the earliest bands to make music videos. Chuck Statler (music video pioneer who directed videos for DEVO, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and El Vez) directed two videos for the Flamin’ Oh’s, including one for the song “I Remember Romance” from the first LP. The video featured Behrend playing his keyboard atop a giant scrap steel pile. The video ran on a new television network dedicated to music, MTV.
The other video, “Stop,” included the band members as classical musicians decked out in tuxedos. Wilkinson strummed a string harp, Meide pounded on a kettle drum, Rey bowed a cello, and Behrend played a grand piano.
In 1983, between tour dates and while in Miami, the Flamin’ Oh’s recorded, but never released, a third album, Love or Money. As their popularity soared, the band's busy touring schedule took them around the U.S. and was capped off with a festival performance in Bogata, Columbia.
In 1985, the band saw changes in both its name and personnel. The band formally adopted the name fans had long-since used, The Oh’s, and welcomed new members Gary Snow (bass guitar and vocals) and Terry Braatz (guitar and vocals). In that year, The Oh’s released the album Desire and in 1986, followed Desire with their final release, Paint the Sky.
In 1986, after the success of the albums and the rigors of a national touring schedule, Behrend chose to leave the band. Before his departure, he asked Bob Burns (Quadrant, Supraluxe) to take his role on keyboards. Soon after his departure from the band, Behrend died in a much-publicized criminal tragedy that remains unsolved.
In 1988, the Oh’s members began to follow various paths to other musical endeavors, marriage, families and much more. It would be more than 10 years before any version of Flamingo / Flamin’ Oh’s / The Oh’s would re-emerge.
In the early 1980s, with new technology propelling the music industry, the Flamin' Oh's became one of the earliest bands to make music videos. Chuck Statler (music video pioneer who directed videos for DEVO, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and El Vez) directed two videos for the Flamin’ Oh’s, including one for the song “I Remember Romance” from the first LP. The video featured Behrend playing his keyboard atop a giant scrap steel pile. The video ran on a new television network dedicated to music, MTV.
The other video, “Stop,” included the band members as classical musicians decked out in tuxedos. Wilkinson strummed a string harp, Meide pounded on a kettle drum, Rey bowed a cello, and Behrend played a grand piano.
In 1983, between tour dates and while in Miami, the Flamin’ Oh’s recorded, but never released, a third album, Love or Money. As their popularity soared, the band's busy touring schedule took them around the U.S. and was capped off with a festival performance in Bogata, Columbia.
In 1985, the band saw changes in both its name and personnel. The band formally adopted the name fans had long-since used, The Oh’s, and welcomed new members Gary Snow (bass guitar and vocals) and Terry Braatz (guitar and vocals). In that year, The Oh’s released the album Desire and in 1986, followed Desire with their final release, Paint the Sky.
In 1986, after the success of the albums and the rigors of a national touring schedule, Behrend chose to leave the band. Before his departure, he asked Bob Burns (Quadrant, Supraluxe) to take his role on keyboards. Soon after his departure from the band, Behrend died in a much-publicized criminal tragedy that remains unsolved.
In 1988, the Oh’s members began to follow various paths to other musical endeavors, marriage, families and much more. It would be more than 10 years before any version of Flamingo / Flamin’ Oh’s / The Oh’s would re-emerge.