 Reynolds joined A Flock of Seagulls at the age of seventeen, a few months after the band was formed, to replace original guitarist Willie Woo.The group's popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of "(It's Not Me) Talking," and in 1982 the song "I Ran (So Far Away)" was a hit in the US and at home.By the time he was twenty-one, the band had released an album, won a Grammy Award, got two more hit singles, and did a worldwide tour.