Expectations were high when Tears For Fears co-founders Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal got together in 2015 to record what would have been the once-chart-topping English music duo's first new album since 2004's "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending."
A year and 12 completed songs later, the two were so unhappy with what resulted that they took drastic measures to ensure the public would never hear it.
In short order, they jettisoned their manager and negotiated their way out of their record contract. But that wasn't the most drastic step by the two frustrated musicians, who first teamed up in their teens in 1978.
