They departed from Graduate and formed a band called History of Headaches, which they soon changed to Tears for Fears.

The single just missed the top 100 in the UK, though it performed well in Spain and in Switzerland.īy 1981, Orzabal and Smith had become more influenced by artists such as Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno. In 1980, Graduate released an album, Acting My Age, and a single 'Elvis Should Play Ska' (referring to Elvis Costello, not Presley). Smith and Orzabal's professional debut came with the band Graduate, a mod revival/new wave act. Neon also featured Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher who went on to become Naked Eyes. The duo became session musicians for the band Neon, where they first met future Tears For Fears drummer Manny Elias.

Orzabal and Smith met as teenagers in Bath, Somerset, England. 1.3 Songs from the Big Chair and worldwide fame (1984–1986).Tears for Fears have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Since 2013, the duo have been working on their seventh album. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name, releasing the albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995) before he and Smith re-formed as Tears for Fears in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. Īfter the release of their third platinum-selling album, The Seeds of Love (1989), Smith and Orzabal parted company in 1991. Their second album contained two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: 'Shout' and 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World', the latter winning the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986. Their debut album, The Hurting, released in 1983, reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, while their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, released in 1985, reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the UK and the US. They were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the new wavesynthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop, which led to international chart success. Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.

Curt Smith (left) and Roland Orzabal (right)

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