Singer Cy Curnin was in a contemplative mood as the Fixx began to emerge from college radio. "Saved by Zero" captured it well, arriving on May 10, 1983, as the first single from Reach the Beach. "Life ...

The Fixx's meteoric breakthrough didn't arrive courtesy of some sweeping overhaul. They had basically the same lineup, save for a switch at bass. Producer Rupert Hine was back on board for their ...

Talented and telegenic, post-New Wavers the Fixx reached pop music heights in the early and mid-1980s. The band’s music videos, ubiquitously broadcast by MTV, brought the Fixx enormous exposure.

The British band the Fixx is somewhat of a rare breed these days compared to its contemporaries from the '80s MTV era of pop music in terms of making music after three decades with virtually the same ...

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that the 80s were a decade of mindless music. We’ll admit that there were a few acts that didn’t dig all that deep. But you could also find artists offering sharp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the degree that success in the music industry is measured (platinum sales for 1983’s Reach the Beach and gold for its 1984 ...

The Fixx’s moody, atmospheric “Saved by Zero” might have seemed like a strange choice as a lead single for their second album Reach the Beach. Not only does the song lack a big chorus, but the concept ...

Nov. 20—Life on the road for Cy Curnin is both one of rest and one of work. After more than 40 years, it's what he still loves. "It's a lot of hanging about," he says. "It should be hell, but I enjoy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Forty years ago, the British New Wave rock band the Fixx released their ...

Cy Curnin of The Fixx joins Kyle Meredith to take us through Every Five Seconds, the band’s first album in a decade. The frontman talks about bridging their classic sound with contemporary experiments ...

Rare is the artist who views today as a simpler time than the one that earned him fame. But that is exactly the take Cy Curnin has on the pop marketplace today after three decades as frontman for The ...