Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears)

Genre: Classic Rock

Styles: Soft Rock, New Wave, 1980s Soft Rock, 1980s Soft Pop, 1980s Pop, Big Hits Of The '80s, Adult Alternative

Influences: David Bowie, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Genesis

Similars: Mr. Mister, Europe, Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Boston, Toto, Peter Cetera, Cutting Crew, Belinda Carlisle, Asia, Wang Chung, Ultravox, A Flock of Seagulls, Van Halen

Followers: Derek Reffitt, Holland Young, Charlie "Koyushi" Andrews

Roland Orzabal, David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Roxy Music influenced the first wave of British synthpop.

ORZABAL: Became a classic rock legend as me to be an member of Tears for Fears and uh...the record company is Mercury. I was influenced by The Beatles, David Bowie and Talking Heads and also that fact is to creating music sessions when I was young in 1985 with Curt Smith and his second album, "Songs from the Big Chair".

By 1981, Orzabal and Smith were becoming more influenced by artists such as Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno.

The classic rock stations recreate the sound of Album Oriented Rock (AOR) stations of the 60s-90s (although usually with a much more limited playlist) and appeal mainly to adults, rather than teenagers.[1] Some classic-rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, such as fitting the vibe of the other rock music, or from established classic rock core artists that are still producing new albums.[1]

ORZABAL: Classic rock bands will be Black Sabbath, Yes, Foreigner, Styx and Bad Company are rock music and that's it. And they were um...legends against this time back together we like the three decades of rock music in Great Britian.

The music starting on a Beatle influence, Roland Orzabal. In 1967, Orzabal signed the contract label, EMI Records and he performed with George Harrison's hit, "My Sweet Lord".

He sang "My Sweet Lord"? I didn't know he sang a song that I'd listen too when I was about 7,8,9 or something so he at the time would have been 12,13,14.I love that song when did he sing that.And how do we get some pictures to liven things up a bit,should anyone bother to answer.I know how to work a computer even discovered everytime it's mind goes AWOL it's me that ends up solving the problem because the so called tech dept don't know what they're talking about, but these html's are they images, are they saying in other words NO PICTURES!44 this year that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.