Blue Zoo was a short lived British New Wave music group whose original band name was Modern Jazz, and who released a single "I Shoot Sheep" in 1980. Band members were: Mike Ansell on bass, Matthew Flowers on keyboards, Pete Lancaster on trumpet, Andy O on vocals, Tim Parry on guitar and Mickey Sparrow on drums. Tim Parry later went on to become a producer.
Blue Zoo had one hit single. In October 1982 "Cry Boy Cry" charted and reached number 13. It stayed on the UK Singles Chart Top 40 for eight weeks. They released an album Two By Two - sometimes written-as 2x2 or 2By2 - in 1983.