Idle Eyes
| Idle Eyes | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1983–1994 2002–present |
| Labels | WEA |
| Website | idleeyes |
| Members | Tad Campbell |
| Past members | Glenn R. Smith Miles Fox Hill John Webster Phil Robertson Randy Booth Al Webster Bud Omstead Dave Stone Bruce Mckenzie Scotty Hall Russel Newell Gus Vassos Tony Ferraro Marc Poy Randy Heibert Kelly Cook Thom Christiansen Donna McConville Dudley Welsh Mike Poulter Kevin O'Brien Bill Miekle Don Biggar James Chadwick Steve Elaschuk Terry Alton Larry Pardue Kevin Swain |
Idle Eyes is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are best known for the Canadian hit single "Tokyo Rose", which peaked at #16 on RPM's Canadian singles chart in June 1985. David Bruce "Tad" Campbell is the group's singer, chief songwriter and sole constant member.
The band had its genesis in 1980 while Campbell was travelling in Australia, when he encountered an advertisement for a local band looking for a guitarist. He joined the band, which spent several months as the house band at a resort in the Whitsunday Islands, during which time they were also joined by new vocalist Donna McConville, who would also become Campbell's girlfriend. They later moved to Townsville, where they recorded early demos of several songs that would eventually end up on the band's first two albums.
Campbell eventually returned to Canada with McConville, putting together a new lineup since most of the original Australian members had not moved with them. The band lineup changed frequently over the early years, including McConville eventually leaving the band when her relationship with Campbell ended. She returned to Australia, where she became a backing vocalist for John Farnham.
The band was nearly dormant when Campbell made a last-ditch effort to record a demo, which he sent to Payolas manager Cliff Jones in the hopes of securing a recording contract. Jones responded favourably, so Campbell and drummer Phil Robertson recruited Glenn R. Smith, Miles Fox Hill and John Webster to record the band's self-titled debut album.
The singles "Tokyo Rose" and "All Day" won awards from SOCAN as two of the top ten most played songs on Canadian radio that year. The band toured extensively as an opening act for Loverboy, Bryan Adams,Tears for Fears,Toto,The Human League and Red Rider, as well as at a nationally televised Expo 86 gala which also featured Adams, Loverboy, Sheena Easton, Véronique Béliveau and Kenny Rogers.
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