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The Teardrop Explodes was a British Post-punk/Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The band was formed by Julian Cope who had previously been in the short-lived yet locally-renowned band Crucial Three along with Pete Wylie (who went on to form Wah!) and Ian McCulloch later of Echo and the Bunnymen.
The band’s initial line-up consisted of singer/bassist Julian Cope, Mick Finkler on guitar, Gary Dwyer on drums and Paul Simpson on keyboards. They were managed by Bill Drummond and signed to his Zoo label. An early version of the band, which included Ian McCulloch on vocals, was known as A Shallow Madness.
The band released their first single,
Sleeping Gas in February of 1979. Soon after, Simpson left the band and was replaced by Zoo label co-owner, David Balfe. Their next single Bouncing Babies inspired a tribute song of its own: I Can’t Get Bouncing Babies By The Teardrop Explodes - an ode to the difficulty of obtaining a copy of the song.
Finkler was fired by Cope during the recording of their debut album Kilimanjaro and was replaced by Dalek I Love You guitarist Alan Gill. The LP was a moderate success; it reached number 24 on the British pop charts.
In 1981, the group was at the height of its popularity. In January, they hit # 6 on the British charts with theReward single and in April they broke the top 20 with Treason. During this period, there were numerous line up changes: Alfie Agius was brought in on bass, Jeff Hammer replaced Balfe on keyboards and Troy Tate replaced Gill on guitar.
Expectations were high for the band’s second album, Wilder. The first singlePassionate Friend performed reasonably well (#25 UK), but the album itself was unsuccessful, limping to 29 on the charts, disappearing shortly afterwards.
The band’s initial line-up consisted of singer/bassist Julian Cope, Mick Finkler on guitar, Gary Dwyer on drums and Paul Simpson on keyboards. They were managed by Bill Drummond and signed to his Zoo label. An early version of the band, which included Ian McCulloch on vocals, was known as A Shallow Madness.
The band released their first single,
Sleeping Gas in February of 1979. Soon after, Simpson left the band and was replaced by Zoo label co-owner, David Balfe. Their next single Bouncing Babies inspired a tribute song of its own: I Can’t Get Bouncing Babies By The Teardrop Explodes - an ode to the difficulty of obtaining a copy of the song.Finkler was fired by Cope during the recording of their debut album Kilimanjaro and was replaced by Dalek I Love You guitarist Alan Gill. The LP was a moderate success; it reached number 24 on the British pop charts.
In 1981, the group was at the height of its popularity. In January, they hit # 6 on the British charts with the
Reward single and in April they broke the top 20 with Treason. During this period, there were numerous line up changes: Alfie Agius was brought in on bass, Jeff Hammer replaced Balfe on keyboards and Troy Tate replaced Gill on guitar.Expectations were high for the band’s second album, Wilder. The first single
Passionate Friend performed reasonably well (#25 UK), but the album itself was unsuccessful, limping to 29 on the charts, disappearing shortly afterwards.
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Treason
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Bouncing Babies
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Brave Boys Keep Their Promises
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Books
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Ha Ha I'm Drowning
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Passionate Friend
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Second Head
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When I Dream
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Went Crazy
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Colours Fly Away
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Strange House in the Snow
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The Great Dominions
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Bent Out of Shape
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IAJP wrote:
tiny children is on wilder!
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CountDegobineau wrote:
Simply a unique and great song. Love that bass and those drums!
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frankforde wrote:
i DONT KNOW
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Freelove_ wrote:
Join my group: Post-Punk.
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eleanormarygirl wrote:
shut up
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isssssa wrote:
*use me*
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filpaz wrote:
We published on the music blog Orangeskies a post about Julian's book "Japorocksampler" http://orangeskies.wordpress.com Check it out!
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Static2000 wrote:
what ever happened to the track "tiny children" cant find it to download.
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robinfox wrote:
the best but I cant find Frankie Suicide (song)
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DSpanther wrote:
Treason is a wonderful track, love listening to it!
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CDPETE01 wrote:
christ versus warhol. listen.
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WyldOats wrote:
The name comes from a Silver Surfer comic Trivia Fans!!
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v_for_violence wrote:
lots of British post-punk was influenced by Krautock. Public Image Limited, for one.
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austinonfire wrote:
under-appreciated is the word that comes to mind when I think of teardrop explodes
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KosmischeSynth wrote:
This is odd and ironic. I spend my time listening to Krautrock (German equivalent of Prog, only much, much more insane/punky) and trying to escape the british musik scene, and Liverpool, mein heimat. Here is a band from Liverpool that is influenced by and sometimes similar to Krautock. All welcome of course! :)
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flashbleu wrote:
Tags are just tags. As Juliano40 sez, no-one used the term post-punk at the time, the Teardrops were called new wave. You can call them post-punk tho'. Both are pretty broad terms. The Teardrop Explodes had their own sound, coming from punk, garage psych, krautrock, pure pop, Liverpool, Balfe's ambition and the inside of Cope's head.
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brickbriscoe wrote:
I think Wilder is one of the best albums ever!
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warsawa wrote:
does anybody believe this is about Jesus? or about Julian?
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juliano40 wrote:
they're new wave. don't be so pussies. anyway "post-punk" people just use this like fifteen years after the fact.
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jakachli wrote:
Tiny Children Quite simply The Best Bong EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LISTEN TO IT!!!!!!!!!
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