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Julian Cope

Real Name:
Julian David Cope
Profile:
Vocalist, bassist and songwriter born in Deri (UK), grew up in Tamworth (UK), moved to Liverpool (UK), now living in Avebury (UK) born at the 21st of October 1957. His first band, as bassist, was Crucial Three which he co-founded in May 1977 together with Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie but which split already in June 1977. In 1978 he founded the post punk band Teardrop Explodes, The with which he got fame. The band disbanded in late 1982. He moved back to his former town of Tamworth (UK) and started recording his first solo album which has been released in 1984. Than he started to write books among others two books about his own musical career. In 1992 he founded Queen Elizabeth and in 1999 he founded the band Brain Donor, both bands are still running.
Sites:
juliancope.com, headheritage.co.uk
Aliases:
Droolian (2), Kevin Stapleton, Rabbi Joseph Gordan
In Groups:
Black Sheep (2), Brain Donor, Queen Elizabeth, Teardrop Explodes, The, Whopper
Variations:
All | Julian Cope | Cope | J. Cope | Julian | Julian H | Julian H. | Julian H. Cope
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Discography

Releases:
Sunshine Playroom E.P. ◄ (2 versions)   Mercury 1983
Fried (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Mercury ... 1984
Fried - Album Pre-Release Sample Disc (12", Promo)   Mercury 1984
Music Of Wonder And Excellence Pt 1 (7", Fle)   Mercury Records 1984
The Greatness And Perfection Of Love (12")   Mercury 1984
World Shut Your Mouth (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Mercury ... 1984
Sunspots EP (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Mercury 1985
World Shut Your Mouth (12", Promo)   Island Records 1986
World Shut Your Mouth (Maxi, Single, EP) ◄ (12 versions)   Island Records ... 1986
Eve's Volcano (Covered In Sin) (Maxi, Single) ◄ (8 versions)   Island Records ... 1987
Interview 1987 (LP, Pin)   Not On Label 1987
Saint Julian (Album) ◄ (13 versions)   Island Records ... 1987
Trampolene (Single) ◄ (10 versions)   Island Records ... 1987
5 O' Clock World (Maxi, Single) ◄ (9 versions)   Island Records ... 1988
Charlotte Anne (Single) ◄ (6 versions)   Island Records ... 1988
My Nation Underground (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Island Records ... 1988
China Doll (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Island Records ... 1989
Skellington ◄ (2 versions)   CopeCo ... 1989
Beautiful Love (VHS, Promo)   Island Records 1991
Beautiful Love / The Best Of Julian Cope (CD, Promo)   Island Records 1991
Beautiful Love E.P. (EP, Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Island Records ... 1991
Dancing Heads (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Island Records 1991
East Easy Rider E.P. (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Island Records 1991
Easty Risin' (East Easy Rider) ◄ (2 versions)   Island Records 1991
Head E.P. (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Island Records 1991
Heed: Of Penetration And The City Dweller (12")   Island Records, Island Records 1991
Love L.U.V. (Beautiful Love) (12", Ltd, Pin)   Island Records 1991
Peggy Suicide (Album, Comp) ◄ (10 versions)   Island Records ... 1991
Untitled (12", Promo)   Island Records 1991
Fear Loves This Place (EP, Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Island Records 1992
Floored Genius - The Best Of Julian Cope And The Teardrop Explodes 1979-91 (Comp, Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Island Records 1992
Jehovahkill (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Island Records 1992
Rite (CD)   Ma-Gog Records 1992
Saint Julian / My Nation Underground (2xCD, Album)   Island Records, Island Records 1992
World Shut Your Mouth E.P. (CD, EP)   Island Records 1992
Floored Genius 2 - Best Of The BBC Sessions 1983-91 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Nighttracks 1993
The Skellington Chronicles (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Ma-Gog Records ... 1993
Autogeddon (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Echo ... 1994
Paranormal In The West Country (CD, Maxi)   Echo 1994
20 Mothers (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Echo ... 1995
Try Try Try (EP) ◄ (4 versions)   Echo ... 1995
I Come From Another Planet, Baby (Single, EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Echo 1996
Interpreter (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Echo ... 1996
Planetary Sit-In (Every Girl Has Your Name) (Maxi, Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Echo 1996
Propheteering (7")   MoFoCo 1997
Rite² (CD)   Head Heritage 1997
The Followers Of Saint Julian (CD)   Island Masters, Island Records 1997
The Modern Antiquarian (CD, Ltd, For)   Head Heritage 1998
Leper Skin: An Introduction To Julian Cope 1986-92 (CD, Comp)   Island Records 1999
Odin (CD)   Head Heritage 1999
An Audience With The Cope (CD)   Head Heritage 2000
Floored Genius 3 (CD, Comp)   Head Heritage 2000
An Audience With The Cope 2001 (CD, MiniAlbum)   Head Heritage 2001
Discover Odin (CD, Ltd)   Head Heritage 2001
Rite Now (CD, Album)   Head Heritage 2002
The Collection (CD, Comp)   Universal 2002
Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day ◄ (2 versions)   Head Heritage 2003
Live Japan '91 (CD)   Revell Discs 2004
Citizen Cain'd (2xCD)   Head Heritage 2005
Concert Climax - Live In The Hearing Of The Motherfucker (CD)   Southern Cross Recordings 2005
Dark Orgasm (2xCD)   Head Heritage 2005
Rite Bastard (CD)   Fuck Off & Di 2005
Christ Versus Warhol (CD, Album)   Revell Discs 2007
You Gotta Problem With Me (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Head Heritage ... 2007
Black Sheep (2xCD, Album)   Head Heritage 2008
Copeulation - The Videos Of Julian Cope And The Teardrop Explodes (DVD-V, Reg)   Pearson Productions Limited 2008
Preaching Revolution E.P. (7", EP, Red)   Head Heritage 2008
Floored Genius 4 (CD, Comp)   Brain Donor Records 2009
The Unruly Imagination (CD, Ltd)   Head Heritage 2009
Kilimanjaro (CD, Album, RE)   SkyClad  
Production:
Passionate Friend (Single) ◄ (4 versions) Christ Versus Warhol Mercury 1981
Treason (It's Just A Story) (7", Single) Use Me Mercury 1981
Export Only (12") Use Me Mercury, Mercury 1985
Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye - A Tribute To Roky Erickson (CD, Album) I Have Always Been Her... Sire Records Company 1990
Moonequipped (LP)   Moondiscs 1994
Kilimanjaro (CD, Album, RE) Use Me Mercury 2000
Love Peace & Fuck (CD, Album)   Impressario 2001
Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Invada 2009
Co-production:
Rythum (CD)   Hydrophonic Records (2) 1995
Appears On:
Do It Clean (7", Single) Read It Books Korova 1980
Kilimanjaro (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Mercury ... 1980
Treason (It's Just A Story) / Read It In Books (Single) ◄ (4 versions) Treason (It's Just A S... Zoo Records ... 1980
When I Dream (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Mercury 1980
Colours Fly Away (7", Single)   Mercury 1981
Fire Escape In The Sky: The Godlike Genius Of Scott Walker (LP)   Zoo Records 1981
Passionate Friend (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Mercury 1981
Reward / Strange House In The Snow (Single) ◄ (3 versions) Reward, Strange House ... Zoo Records ... 1981
Wilder (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Mercury ... 1981
Tiny Children (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Mercury 1982
To The Shores Of Lake Placid (LP, Comp) When I Dream, Read It ... Zoo Records 1982
The Cutter (7" + Cass, Ltd) Read It In Books Korova, Korova 1983
Songs To Learn & Sing (LP, Album, Ltd + 7", Ltd)   Korova, Korova, Korova, Zoo Records 1985
The Island Story (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Word Shut Your Mouth Island Records 1987
The Janice Long Sessions (12")   Strange Fruit 1987
The Peel Sessions (CD, EP)   Strange Fruit 1988
Crocodiles (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Read It In Books Warner Strategic Marketing ... 1989
Wages Day (CD, Maxi, Car) Trampolene CBS, CBS 1989
Count To Ten And Run For Cover (7") Count To Ten And Run F... Fontana 1990
Everybody Wants To Shag...The Teardrop Explodes (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Not My Only Friend, Se... Fontana 1990
Piano (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Document ... 1990
Serious Danger (12")   Fontana, Phonogram Int. B.V. 1990
Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye - A Tribute To Roky Erickson (CD, Album) I Have Always Been Her... Sire Records Company 1990
Never Mind The Mainstream...The Best Of MTV's 120 Minutes Vol. 1 (CD, Comp, RM) World Shut Your Mouth Rhino Records (2) 1991
Pictures On My Wall (CD, Single) Read It In Books Document 1991
RCD Classic Rock Collection 11 - Hippy Chic (CD) Yeah Yeah Yeah RCD Magazine 1993
Version Of Me E.P. (EP) ◄ (2 versions) Spacehopper Stifled Aardvark Records ... 1993
110 Below - Journey In Dub (2xLP, Comp) Heed: Of Penetration &... 110 Below 1994
Festival Rock (2xCD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth EVA Belgium 1994
It's Electric (CD, Comp) Reward Dino Entertainment, Dino Entertainment 1994
Start - The Best Of British (CD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth Dino Entertainment 1994
'The Zoo' Uncaged 1978-1982 (CD, Album) Bouncing Babies, Treas... Griffin Music Inc. 1995
The Fall Of American (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) Try Try Try American Recordings 1995
Free Fall Exploration (CDr, Album, Ltd) Safe Surfer Save Our Sperms Records 1997
Ultimate Eighties (CD, Comp) Reward Crimson 1998
Dressed In Black (2xCD) Treason (It's Just A S... PolyGram TV 1999
Ambient Metal (CD, Album)   Head Heritage 2001
I, Thighpaulsandra (2xCD) Beneath The Frozen Lak... Eskaton 2001
Liverpool Cult Classics - Unearthed Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Straight Rain, Straigh... Viper (2) 2001
Love Peace & Fuck (CD, Album)   Impressario 2001
António Sérgio Apresenta Som Da Frente 1982-1986 (2xCD) Head Hang Low, Tiny Ch... EMI-Valentim De Carvalho, Lda. 2002
Rare Trax Vol. 24 - First Wave Part One - 14 Post-Punk Greats (CD, Comp, Car) The Culture Bunker Rolling Stone (Germany) 2002
A Giant (2xCD, Album) T.C. Who?, T.C.-L.E.T.... Aegir Recording Company 2003
My Pagan Ass / Like A Motherfucker (7", Single, Ltd)   Static Caravan, Resonant 2003
White1 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Southern Lord 2003
Komodo Dragons (CD)   Frog Man Jake, Rhythm Of Life Records 2004
Zero Beats Per Minute (CDr, Ltd)   Fuck Off & Di 2004
Zoology (CD)   Head Heritage 2004
05.21.05 (CD, Ltd) Sunspots Glitterhouse Records 2005
Brain Donor (CD, Comp)   Mister E 2005
Collecting Earthquakes (CD, Album) 'Quake Appeal Head Heritage 2005
Dust Bowl Revival (CD) Promised Land Second Nature Recordings 2005
New Waves (2xCD, Comp) Reward Family Recordings (UK) 2005
Real Eighties - Hits Plus Extended Mixes (3xCD, Comp + Box) Reward Virgin, EMI Records Ltd., Universal Music 2005
Drain'd Boner (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Invada 2006
Døgntank (CD, Album) Outpatient Blues Brain Donor Records 2006
Single Number 1 (7") World Shut Your Mouth Not On Label 2006
The Goth Anthology (3xCD, Comp + Box) Reward Metro Triples 2006
White (4xLP, Pic, Whi + Box, Ltd) My Wall (Vinyl Edit) Southern Lord 2006
Causes 1 (CD, Ltd, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth ... Waxploitation 2007
Head Hang Low (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   D.C. Recordings 2007
Out Of Phase (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   D.C. Recordings 2007
Peel Sessions Plus (CD, Comp, Album) Ha-Ha I'm Drowning, We... Mercury 2007
Thekla (CDr, Album)   White Trash Recordings 2007
Beloved (CD) Reward Mojo Magazine 2008
DC Recordings Presents Death Before Distemper 2: Revenge Of The Iron Ferret (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Head Hang Low (Kelpe V... D.C. Recordings 2008
E.P. (CDr, EP)   Fuck Off & Di 2008
The Bog (CD, Album, Dig)   Important Records (2) 2008
80s Niteclub (3xCD, Comp) Reward (7" Version) Universal Music TV 2009
Black Sheep At The BBC (CD)   Fuck Off & Di 2009
Got A Really Good Thing (7", Ltd) Hanging Out And Hung U... Acid Jazz 2009
Heathen Frontiers In Sound (CD, Album) Heathen Frontiers In S... Trilithon Records 2009
Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Ernesto, Leila Khaled,... Invada 2009
Spaceship (CDr, Album, Ltd)   Fuck Off & Di 2009
Wasted Fuzz Excessive (CD, Album)   Brain Donor Records 2009
The Very Best Of The 80's Volume I (3xCD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth Lombardini Music  
Tracks Appear On:
Hits 5 (2xLP) World Shut Your Mouth WEA International Inc. 1986
Speciale Solo Per Dee Jays (12") World Shut Your Mouth Dischi Ricordi S.p.A. 1986
L'Autre Rock (10", Promo) Eve's Volcano BMG Ariola 1987
The Island Story (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Word Shut Your Mouth Island Records 1987
Lookin' Forward - Part III (CD, Comp, Promo) 5 O'clock World Ariola, BMG Ariola München GmbH 1988
Return Of The Living Dead Part 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ◄ (2 versions) Space Hopper Island Records 1988
Un Automne 88 (CD) Easter Everywhere Virgin France S.A. 1988
Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye - A Tribute To Roky Erickson (Album) ◄ (2 versions) I Have Always Been Her... WEA International Inc. ... 1990
Compact! 5/91 (CD, Comp, Promo) East Easy Rider Ariola, BMG Ariola München GmbH 1991
Never Mind The Mainstream...The Best Of MTV's 120 Minutes (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) World Shut Your Mouth Rhino Entertainment Company ... 1991
Q The Album - Volume 1 (2xCD) Soldier Blue Telstar 1991
The Island Tape (Cass) Double Vegetation Select Magazine 1991
2 Meter Sessies - Volume 3 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) East Easy Rider Radio Records (2) 1992
Radio On! ◄ (2 versions) Double Vegetation Vox Magazine 1992
In Defense Of Animals Benefit Compilation (CD) Hey, Hey High Class Bu... Restless Records 1993
RCD Classic Rock Collection 11 - Hippy Chic (CD) Yeah Yeah Yeah RCD Magazine 1993
110 Below - Journey In Dub (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Heed: Of Penetration &... 110 Below 1994
Class Of '94 (Cass) I Gotta Walk Vox Magazine 1994
Festival Rock (2xCD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth EVA Belgium 1994
Powerhaus Classix Volume 2 (CD) World Shut Your Mouth RPM Records (3) 1994
Start - The Best Of British (CD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth Dino Entertainment 1994
American Recordings 1995 CD Sampler (CD) Try Try Try American Recordings 1995
Drink Me (The Echo Label Sampler '96) (CD, Smplr) Try Try Try, Don't Tak... Echo 1995
Indie Top 20 Volume 22 (CD) Try Try Try Beechwood Music 1995
Studio Brussel - 't Gaat Vooruit '95 (2xCD, Comp) Try Try Try Double T Music 1995
T8 (CD) The Lonely Guy BC Magazine 1995
The Fall Of American (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) Try Try Try American Recordings 1995
Pizza Box (CD, Comp) I Come From Another Pl... Echo 1996
L'Inghilterra Del Rock - Gli Anni Ottanta (CD, Comp) Trampoline La Repubblica 1997
Echoes Of Darkness Volume 2 (2xCD) World Shut Your Mouth ... PolyGram TV (Belgium) 1998
The 80's Collection (CD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth Stereo & Video, Universal Music (Russia) 1999
Unconditionally Guaranteed 2 (CD, Promo, Comp) Trampoline Uncut Magazine 1999
Cornucopea: Two South Bank Evenings With Julian Cope (CD, Album, Smplr) Ver Head Heritage 2000
Essential Drive (CD) World Shut Your Mouth Q Magazine 2001
Moving On Volume Two: Electronica Exotica (CD, Album, Comp) Cherhill Down Rooted Media 2001
Alternative Eighties (2xCD) World Shut Your Mouth Columbia, Sony Music TV 2002
António Sérgio Apresenta Som Da Frente 1982-1986 (2xCD) Head Hang Low, Sunspots EMI-Valentim De Carvalho, Lda. 2002
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (DVD) China Doll Uncut DVD 2002
World Shut Your Mouth (DVD) World Shut Your Mouth Uncut DVD 2002
Crash! Indie Anthems (2xCD) World Shut Your Mouth Telstar TV 2004
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground (4xCD, RM + Box, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth Rhino Entertainment Company 2004
POP Hysteria (DVD, PAL, Comp) China Doll Uncut DVD 2004
12"/80s/2 (3xCD) Trampolene (Warne Out ... Family Recordings (UK) 2005
Children Of Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 (Box + 4xCD, Comp) Sunspots (Single Remix) Rhino Entertainment Company 2005
Due To Lack Of Interest Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled (CD, Smplr) Due To Lack Of Interes... Head Heritage 2005
Greatest Ever! Eighties (3xCD, Comp + Box) World Shut Your Mouth Union Square Music 2006
Give Peace A Chance! (CD, Comp) Can't Get You Out Of M... Uncut Magazine 2007
Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 07 (2xCD, Comp) Soon To Forget Ya Counter Culture Records 2008
100 Hits More 80s (5xCD, Comp + Box) World Shut Your Mouth Demon Music Group 2009
Campus Voice Encounter (LP, Comp, Promo) Music Thirsty Ear, Thirsty Ear  
The Very Best Of The 80's Volume I (3xCD, Comp) World Shut Your Mouth Lombardini Music  
Unofficial Releases:
Glasgow Pavillion 15.10.88 (DVDr, Unofficial)   Not On Label 1988
Limited Edition Interview Picture Disc (LP, Pic)   Baktabak  
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