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Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana (born 22 August 1961 [1]) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author. He is the guitarist, co-lead vocalist, main songwriter, co-founder, and the only constant member of Tears for Fears.
3 days ago · Undeterred, Smith and Orzabal pressed ahead as a duo. We went out for lunch and reconnected, then we got together with a couple of acoustic guitars. It was the first time since we were 18. Roland Orzabal “Curt and I were almost like students, trying to get to that fucking level of the music we really loved,” Orzabal recalls.
Oct 11, 2021 · Meanwhile, back in England, Smith's bandmate Roland Orzabal had received an invitation to audition for the reality-TV show Popstar to Operastar. Orzabal, who had sung opera in the past, felt...
Feb 24, 2022 · February 23, 2022 · 10 min read. 9. Nearly 40 years ago, British new wave duo Tears for Fears released The Hurting, an opus “very much influenced by a Californian psychologist called Arthur Janov...
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion. [8]
May 20, 2022 · It makes perfect aesthetic sense that today, at a seasoned 60, Tears For Fears anchor Roland Orzabal has the long silvery locks and scholarly salt-and-pepper beard of a majestic,...
Jan 1, 2023 · Co-founded in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal in Bath, England, Tears For Fears’ had a set of influences and creative principles that would see them skew more musically progressive than their peers.