Lead vocalist Terry Sharpe and guitarist Pat Gribben first worked together when in 1978 they joined punk band
The Starjets. The band experienced limited success and disbanded in the early 1980s. In 1982, Sharpe appeared in the Bananarama video for "
Shy Boy" and co-wrote several tracks on their debut album
Deep Sea Skiving. In early 1984, Sharpe and Gribben formed The Adventures with Gribben's wife, Eileen, Gerard Murphy, Tony Ayre and Paul Crowder, They signed to Chrysalis Records Despite this promising start, their debut single, "Another Silent Day", released in the summer of 1984, barely scraped into the chart. Their debut album,
Theodore and Friends, was released in 1985 while the group were on a world tour supporting
Tears for Fears. It received much critical acclaim, but again no significant sales. The band lay low for the next two years. During this time, main songwriter Pat Gribben composed some new songs for a second album and the band left Chrysalis Records and were picked up by Elektra Records. On 5 January 2019, The Adventures (featuring Sharpe along with Pat and Eileen Gribben) played a show at The Empire, Belfast, reforming later on in the year. A new The Adventures studio album, entitled
Once More with Feeling, was released on 28 March 2025 on Cherry Red Records. ==Band members==