Pete Byrne
British singer (1952–2026)
Peter James Byrne (9 June 1952 – 14 September 2026) was an English singer and songwriter, best known for being the lead vocalist of the new wave and synth-pop band Naked Eyes.
Career
Along with Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, and Manny Elias of Tears for Fears fame, Byrne and his future music partner in Naked Eyes, Rob Fisher, were members of a short-lived new wave band called Neon.
Byrne and Fisher formed Naked Eyes in 1982. Naked Eyes' first hit, "Always Something There to Remind Me", is a synth-pop cover version of the Burt Bacharach standard. The band had three subsequent top 40 hits: "Promises, Promises" "When the Lights Go Out", and "(What) In the Name of Love".
Naked Eyes disbanded following the release of their second studio album, Fuel for the Fire (1984).
He is also known for an electronica cover version of the Rolling Stones' 1966 song "Paint It Black". He wrote "I Am the Cute One" for the Olsen twins' video, "Our First Video".
In 2001, Byrne released his debut and sole solo studio album The Real Illusion; the album featured some of the last tracks he had written with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes studio album.
In 2005, Byrne reformed Naked Eyes.
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