The Teardrop Explodes

...debut album. Despite talk of the American singer Del Shannon being asked to produce the album, it was produced by the band's manager Bill Drummond and his business partner and The Teardrop Explodes keyboard player David Balfe. The recording...

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...Never Again ''. They went on to act as both producers and label managers, releasing the debut singles by Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes, both of which Drummond would later manage somewhat idiosyncratically. This included...

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...Voice of the Beehive. In the sardonic "Julian Cope Is Dead", Drummond outlined his fantasy of shooting the Teardrop Explodes frontman in the head to ensure the band's early demise and subsequent legendary status. The song could be seen as...

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...had been signed to WEA Records by A&R man Bill Drummond, formerly a member of the Liverpool group Big in Japan, the manager of The Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen, and co-founder of the independent record label Zoo Records. In 1986,...

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...hit - "Country House". He grew up in Thingwall, Wirral , Merseyside, being a member of several Liverpool bands in the late 1970s, including Radio Blank, Big in Japan , Dalek I Love You and The Teardrop Explodes. He also played on and...

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...nine". In the 1980s, Drummond became manager of Cope's band, The Teardrop Explodes. The band broke up after a last gig at Eric's on 26 August 1978. During their time, Big in Japan recorded four songs which were included in From Y to Z...

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