Pete Byrne
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Pete Byrne | |
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 Byrne in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Peter James Byrne 9 June 1954 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
| Member of | Naked Eyes |
| Formerly of | Neon |
Peter James Byrne (born 9 June 1954) is an English singer best known for being a member of the pop and new wave band Naked Eyes.[1]
Along with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears for Fears fame, Byrne and his future music partner in Naked Eyes, Rob Fisher, were members of a short-lived British group called Neon.[2][3]
Byrne and Fisher formed Naked Eyes in 1982.[4][5][6] Naked Eyes' first hit, "Always Something There to Remind Me", is a synth-pop cover of the Burt Bacharach standard.[7][8] The band had three subsequent top 40 hits: "Promises, Promises" "When the Lights Go Out", and "(What) In the Name of Love".[9]
Naked Eyes disbanded following the release of their second album, Fuel for the Fire (1984).[6]
Byrne is also known for an electronica recording of The Rolling Stones' track "Paint It Black". He wrote "I Am the Cute One"[10] for the Olsen twins' video, "Our First Video".
Byrne released a solo album entitled The Real Illusion in 2001; the album featured some of the last tracks he had written with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album.[citation needed]
In 2005, Byrne reformed Naked Eyes.[citation needed]
Naked Eyes released Fumbling with the Covers, an album of covers and Naked Eyes hits, in 2007.[6]
In 2008, Naked Eyes completed a US tour known as the Regeneration Tour along with Belinda Carlisle, ABC and the Human League.[11]
On 8 June 2021, Naked Eyes released a new album, Disguise the Limit.[12]
Discography
Solo albums
- The Real Illusion (2001)
with Neon
- "Making Waves" / "Me I See in You" (1980)
- "Communication Without Sound" (1981)
with Naked Eyes
- Burning Bridges (1983)
- Fuel for the Fire (1984)
- Fumbling with the Covers (2007)
- Disguise the Limit (2021)
