Pete Byrne

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.

Career 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.

Byrne and Fisher formed Naked Eyes in 1982. Naked Eyes' first hit, "Always Something There to Remind Me", is a synth-pop cover 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 album, Fuel for the Fire (1984).

Byrne is also known for an electronica recording of The Rolling Stones' track "Paint It Black". He wrote "I Am the Cute One" 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.

In 2005, Byrne reformed Naked Eyes.

Naked Eyes released Fumbling with the Covers, an album of covers and Naked Eyes hits, in 2007.

On 8 June 2021, Naked Eyes released a new album, Disguise the Limit.

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)