Editing The Teardrop Explodes (section)

{{Short description|English rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = The Teardrop Explodes
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| background       = group_or_band
| alias            = The Teardrops
| origin           = [[Liverpool]], England
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Neo-psychedelia]]|[[post-punk]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-teardrop-explodes-mn0000569402|title=The Teardrop Explodes – Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography – AllMusic|author=Jason Ankeny|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>}}
| years_active     = 1978–1982
| label            = [[Zoo Records]]<br/>[[Fontana Records|Fontana]]
| associated_acts  = [[Julian Cope]]<br/>[[Crucial Three]]<br/>[[Big in Japan (band)|Big in Japan]]<br/>[[Dalek I Love You]]<br>[[The Wild Swans (band)|The Wild Swans]]<br>[[Bill Drummond]]
| current_members  = 
| past_members     = [[Julian Cope]]<br/>Mick Finkler<br/>Gary Dwyer<br/>[[Paul Simpson (musician)|Paul Simpson]]<br/>[[Ged Quinn]]<br>[[David Balfe]]<br/>[[Alan Gill]]<br/>Alfie Agius<br/>Jeff Hammer<br/>[[Troy Tate]]<br/>[[Ron François|Ronnie François]]<br>Ted Emmett<br>Andy Radek
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'''The Teardrop Explodes''' were an English [[post-punk]]/[[neo-psychedelia|neo-psychedelic]] band formed in [[Liverpool]] in 1978. Best known for their Top Ten UK single "[[Reward (song)|Reward]]", the group originated as a key band in the emerging Liverpool post-punk scene of the late 1970s. The group also launched the career of group frontman [[Julian Cope]] as well as that of keyboard player and co-manager [[David Balfe]] (later a record producer, A&R man and founder of [[Food Records]]). Other members included early [[The Smiths|Smiths]] producer [[Troy Tate]].

Along with other contemporary Liverpudlian groups, The Teardrop Explodes played a role in returning psychedelic elements to mainstream British rock and pop, initially favouring a modernised version of lightly psychedelic late 1960s-influenced [[Beat music|beat]]-group sound (sometimes described as "bubblegum trance"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=julian_cope|title=Julian Cope|website=Trouserpress.com}}</ref>) and later exploring more experimental areas. In addition to their musical reputation, the band (and Cope in particular) had a reputation for eccentric pronouncements and behaviour, sometimes verging on the self-destructive, resulting in the band's breakup in 1982.