1) The Flyers were a doo‑wop act which spun off from The Drifters in 1956 and recorded for Atlantic.

2) The Flyers are a Band from Sunderland in the North‑East of England. They are labelled as an 'indie' style band, but combine genres such as punk, reggae, ska and many others in their songs.They Were Formed in Early 2007 after Hurling abuse at Mcdonalds staff highly amused all 5 members. The band got together when Ryan Morritt, Joe Kelly, Chris Thompson and Ben Gillespie Kerr decided to mess about in the bunker. The practice went well but they decided to replace Ben Gillepsie with Luke Neary; A Drummer From Thompson's Previous band. They also Decided To recruit a second guitarist; Arran Tate, A long term guitar Partner of Chris Thompson. Now with another new drummer, Glenn Laws, they have their own material and have high ambitions to become popular on their own cities music scene, then move to higher levels.