The Teardrop Explodes
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Oct 30, 2026
SimonHOST
Mike Scott and I think Wet did stuff up there when they were doing their first album.
Raymond McGinleyGUEST
Yeah, and I think Teardrop Explodes recorded there, and yeah, there was loads of stuff at the time.
Raymond McGinleyGUEST
Maybe they'd seen that the Smiths had been there or something, maybe led to look at that.
Raymond McGinleyGUEST
But yeah, it was a great place.
Rob WalkerHOST
Starting the show today you heard Laurie and the Chameleons with Touch.
Rob WalkerHOST
Laurie and the Chameleons were formed in Liverpool by zoo record label owners Bill Drummond later of KLF fame and David Balfe of Big in Japan and Teardrop Explodes amongst others and a singer called Laurie Larley.
Rob WalkerHOST
All tracks in the first hour of the show were released in October 1979 with the second hour of the show being mainly comprised of your requests along with a couple of tracks from a featured session and some other selected tracks.
Rob WalkerHOST
You can use the hashtag GIMWR to follow posts on X and Blue Sky as the show goes out on a Monday evening.
CherylHOST
popular bands from Liverpool.
CherylHOST
There was Teardrop Explodes and then Julian Cope went on to have a solo career.
CherylHOST
Echo and the Bunnymen, OMD, Flock of Seagulls, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, China Crisis, they were all from Liverpool.
CherylHOST
And I feel like Icicle Works didn't get the exposure that they deserved, especially now, because this is a one-hit wonder in the States.
Simon TeslerHOST
Hello, I am your heart.
Simon TeslerHOST
Also playing on the track are her former deaf school colleague Clive Langer, then turning into a star producer as a result of his work with Madness and the Teardrop Explodes, Madness sax player Lee Thompson and the British reggae band The Simmerons.
Simon TeslerHOST
So you know the reggae styling is authentic.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
too many times oh hello this is your heart pass me in and you got me hurt girl one too many times And you just have to wear a smile Goodbye This is your heart leaving And you've got me broken one too many times Hello This is your heart for speaking And you've got me hurt, girl, one too many times And you just have to wear a smile Goodbye This is your heart leaving Wish you the best of luck Voila Don't know which side I'm on I don't know my right from left Or my right from wrong Say I'm a fool Say I'm nothing But if I'm a fool for you Oh, there's something wrong My heart is beating slow Two hearts Can't stop the dance Honey, this is my last chance I said, can't stop the dance Baby, this is my last chance This way I don't know how to say what's got to be said.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I can't be sure.
JosephHOST
Let's move on to Teardrops Explode.
JosephHOST
This is actually popping up on a couple of lists submitted so far.
JosephHOST
Kilimanjaro.
AndrewAUDIENCE
He's good company.
Vernon KayHOST
Well, you like moving a boat because you do a bit of travelling to see your favourite bands.
AndrewAUDIENCE
Yeah, it started about four or five years ago.
AndrewAUDIENCE
You know, it's tricky getting tickets sometimes.
AndrewAUDIENCE
We thought, well, let's go abroad and see them.
AndrewAUDIENCE
So we ended up in Croatia and it was fantastic.
AndrewAUDIENCE
So we ended up going to Belfast, Cologne, Berlin, Vienna, seeing all sorts of bands.
AndrewAUDIENCE
No, it's great fun.
speaker_0HOST
He was 19 years old at the time.
speaker_0HOST
In 2024, Paul D'Anno, the original lead vocalist for the heavy metal group Iron Maiden, passed away at his home in Salisbury, England at the age of 66.
speaker_0HOST
D'Anno sang on the band's first two studio albums called Iron Maiden and Killers, provided his vocal delivery that helped to launch the new wave of British heavy metal.
speaker_0HOST
In award ceremonies that were held on October the 21st in 2010, the town of Columbia, South Carolina, unveiled a public art monument dedicated to Hootie and the Blowfish.
speaker_0HOST
It was erected in the Five Points District where the band originally formed, and the 17-foot stainless steel and black granite sculpture was revealed to mark the group's 25th anniversary.
speaker_0HOST
The city also officially renamed the surrounding area Hootie, Hootie and the Blowfish Boulevard in order to honor their local legends.
speaker_0HOST
In 2020, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan were the top winners at the fan-voted Country Music Television Music Awards.
13 MINS LATER
speaker_0HOST
I believe might've gone top 10 on MTV.
Roy BoulterGUEST
I'd s- been in touch with Bill a bit ov- over the years.
Roy BoulterGUEST
Saw him recently at the, uh, the very sad funeral of Gary's wife from Teardrop Explodes.
Roy BoulterGUEST
But, um, yeah, he's great, Bill.
Roy BoulterGUEST
I don't think he would've made a great manager for the farm, though.
ChrisHOST
We end 1982 by visiting Merseyside for one act we've not yet covered.
ChrisHOST
We've met the Teardrop Explodes and we've met Echo and the Bunnymen, but there's another character who plays just as an important role.
ChrisHOST
Echo's sound was full of witty Scouse perceptions, jangly guitars and perfectly back-combed hair.
ChrisHOST
But our next track brought something completely different.
37 MINS LATER
ChrisHOST
Godly and Cream have one song left in them.
ChrisHOST
Lynx, modern romance, close to being done.
ChrisHOST
Teardrop explodes.
ChrisHOST
Even ABC will struggle.
AndyGUEST
Uh, we were all at college in Liverpool, and, um, it was, you know, I'd certainly...
AndyGUEST
Uh, the reason I'd gone there specifically was 'cause, uh, Teardrop Explodes and the Bunnymen and all that Liverpool scene that was going on at the time.
AndyGUEST
Uh, and then, yeah, I went there with the kind of express intention of trying to get a band together and then met up with these boys, and that's where, uh, that's where it all started.
AndyGUEST
Uh, we were operating then from 1985 till about 1991.
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AndyGUEST
I guess it would be indie pop.
AndyGUEST
And if ...
AndyGUEST
For me, if you wanted to trace that back, it would be to the likes of probably the first Bunnymen album, um, the two Teardrop Explodes albums, you know, where they're kinda great pop songs.
AndyGUEST
Those, those bands were ...
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