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The band decided on being named after a line from a Philip Larkin poem, Femmes Damnées, [4] which ends with the line: "The only sound heard is the sound of tears". The band played their first ever live show on 14 December 2004 at the Oxford Zodiac. [5]
Nick South took over on bass and would become a permanent member of the band. On tour, Sniff 'n' the Tears were augmented by drummer Paul Robinson and keyboardist Keith Miller. When naming the 1973 band, Roberts suggested "The Tears", but their manager suggested "Sniff 'n' the Tears" because Roberts had hay fever and sniffed a lot. [6]
Here Come the Tears is the only studio album by English rock band the Tears. It was released on 6 June 2005 on Independiente. Frontman Brett Anderson and guitarist Bernard Butler had found success together earlier in Suede, with Butler leaving that band after just two albums. Suede's career was on pause when the two reunited for this project.
Mick Dyche (4 October 1951 – 21 December 2018) was an English rock and folk guitarist, and former member of 1970s soft rock band Sniff 'n' the Tears. [2] He was known for playing guitar on their only major hit "Driver's Seat", [3] for which he also provided the opening guitar riff, as credited by former bandmate Laurence "Loz" Netto in a 2005 interview with Lars Hindsley.
"Driver's Seat" is a 1978 song by British band Sniff 'n' the Tears, released as a single from their 1979 debut album Fickle Heart. The song reached the top 20 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States upon its release, as well as the top 10 in the Netherlands.
Curt Smith (born 24 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, who is best known as the co-lead vocalist, bassist and co-founding member of the pop rock band Tears for Fears along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal.
The following year, in early February 1994, Kooper returned to the Bottom Line for his 50th birthday celebration, in which he played with members of his new band plus the Blues Project & BS&T. The BS&T lineup at this show was the same as the 1993 Silver Anniversary show, with the exception of Will Lee sitting in for Fielder and John Sebastian ...
Pinkney hired the Tears to perform as part of his group on a short tour. The Tears were Benny Andersson, George Wallace, Albert Fortson, and Mark Williams. After the tour, the Tears—without Pinkney—continued to tour as the Original Drifters, but Pinkney successfully sued to stop them from using the name.