Editing The Teardrop Explodes (section)

==Influence==
Interest in The Teardrop Explodes continued long after the band's demise. Cope, however, has always resisted pressure to reform the band. When asked in 2000 if the Teardrop Explodes would ever get back together, he said: "Would you ever return to having your mother wipe your asshole?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/drude/qa/cope_music.php|title=Julian Cope presents Head Heritage: Drudical Q&A: Cope Music|work=Julian Cope presents Head Heritage}}</ref> In the course of a 2008 interview he commented: "Supposedly intelligent people say to me: ''{{'}}Don't you think you'd be more successful if you re-formed The Teardrop Explodes?{{'}}'' I'm doing all this stuff to keep myself invigorated every day, hanging out with people I believe are culture heroes, and you think I'm doing all this because it hasn't yet occurred to me to reform The Teardrop Explodes?"<ref name=stoneme />

In June 2010, the magazine ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' presented The Teardrop Explodes with their Inspiration Award. The magazine called the band "the great ambassadors of psychedelia in the '80s when the genre was all but dead", and noted their influence on artists such as [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Morrissey]]. The award was presented by Blur bassist [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]]. David Balfe, Gary Dwyer and Alan Gill all showed up to accept the award; Julian Cope ultimately refused to attend the ceremony.<ref name="copemyth" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/06/teardrop_explodes_mhl_2010.html|title=Mojo Magazine – details and video footage of The Teardrop Explodes receiving award|work=MOJO|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229093543/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/06/teardrop_explodes_mhl_2010.html|archive-date=29 December 2010}}</ref>