Roland Orzabal

Roland Jaime Orzábal De La Quintana (born 22 August 1961[1]) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author.

Orzabal and Smith briefly joined Neon and then went on to form Tears for Fears, a new wave music/synthpop outfit directly inspired by the writings of the American psychologist Arthur Janov.

[10][11] Songs from the Big Chair included two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".

Adams appeared on several tracks on the album, most notably the hit single "Woman in Chains", which she performed as a duet with Orzabal.

As well as playing guitar and singing backing vocals on the track, he also appeared in the song's accompanying promo video.

[citation needed] In 1999, Orzabal co-produced Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini's album Love in the Time of Science, along with Tears for Fears associate Alan Griffiths.

[19] Orzabal wrote the song "Mad World", recorded by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film soundtrack Donnie Darko in 2001.

It tells the story of a middle-aged pop star, Solomon Capri, who is semi-retired but is approached to take part in the reality show Popstar to Operastar.

[24] Caroline sang the child vocal on the Tears for Fears song "Suffer the Children" from the band's debut album The Hurting,[25] and also drew the hands cover artwork for the 1983 re-release of "Pale Shelter".

[28] After the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June 1987, Orzabal took an interest in socialism in response to the Prime Minister's attitude towards the working class.

Orzabal performing in 2019
Orzabal in 2007