A quintessential group during the synthpop days of the 1980s, The Thompson Twins scored some of the era's most successful hit singles. The group formed in London in 1977, after Tom Bailey, a classical pianist, and Joe Leeway, a struggling actor, met and developed a friendship. In 1981, the band signed to Arista Records and released its debut LP. It wouldn't be until 1984, however, that the band would score its first breakthrough hit with "Hold Me Now," a track that exposed the burgeoning "New Romantic" scene in England to international audiences. Over the years, The Thompson Twins would release several more hit singles, all full of the sappy synthesizer work and lovesick lyrical themes it'd built its name upon.
