Peter Byrne and Rob Fisher founded the band Naked Eyes in 1982 and signed with EMI Records that year. Their 1983 debut album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with producer Tony Mansfield, and reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200.
Naked Eyes achieved four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 across their two studio albums: “Always Something There to Remind Me” (#8), “Promises, Promises” (#11), “When the Lights Go Out” (#37), and “(What) In the Name of Love” (#39).
After Rob Fisher died in 1999, Byrne continued writing, recording, and touring throughout the U.S. and internationally. He released The Real Illusion as a solo album in 2001, followed by the Naked Eyes albums Fumbling with the Covers in 2007, Disguise the Limit in 2021, and a remaster of the original Naked Eyes self-titled album in 2025.
Peter Byrne died on September 14, 2026 after a brief illness. The full announcement can be viewed here.
Byrne’s interview with Jonas Wårstad in 1997 is linked below, and gives a personalized view of the band’s origins.