Modern English

Modern Englishare an English New Wave band best remembered for their songs "I Melt with You", "Hands Across the Sea", and "Ink and Paper". The group disbanded twice, in 1987 and 1991, but reunited again in 1995. The original line-up included Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, and Michael Conroy as The Lepers. The group expanded when Richard Brown and Stephen Walker were added to the lineup of the band.

The band's debut album, Mesh & Lace, was released in 1981. The follow-up, After The Snow, was released in 1982 and it reached number 70 on the Billboard chart and sold over 500,000 copies. The second single from the album was "I Melt with You" which reached number 78.

The third album, Ricochet Days, made the top 100 in the US, followed by Stop Start in 1986. Shortly after, the band split up.

Robbie Grey reformed Modern English in 1989 with Mick Conroy and Aaron Davidson to record new album, Pillow Lips, released in 1990. The album featured a re-recorded "I Melt With You", which was released as a single, and saw the band again in the Billboard top 100. The band split up for a second time in 1991, after contractual problems.

In 1995, the next incarnation of Modern English was formed and they released the 1996 album Everything's Mad.

Robbie Grey toured the US with a new Modern English lineup from 1998–2002 and travelled coast to coast across the US and recorded a new album. The album Soundtrack was released in May 2010 and the band were invited by film director Mark Pellington to re-record "I Melt With You" for his movie of the same name.