Julian Cope

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Real Name:
Julian David Cope
Profile:
British vocalist, bassist, songwriter author and poet, born 21 October 1957 in Deri, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. He grew up in Tamworth (UK) before moving to Liverpool (UK). Now living in Avebury (UK). Father of Avalon Cope. His first band, as bassist, was The Crucial Three, which he co-founded in May 1977 together with Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie. They disbanded in June 1977. In 1978, he founded the post punk band The Teardrop Explodes with which he gained fame. The band disbanded in late 1982. He moved back to his old home Tamworth (UK) and started recording his first solo album which was released in 1984. He then started to write books, including, amongst 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 going.
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headheritage.co.uk, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, imdb.com
Aliases:
Double De Harrison, Droolian (2), Hugo De Klee, Kevin Stapleton, Lord Yatesbury, Rabbi Joseph Gordan, The Arch Drude
In Groups:
Black Sheep (2), Brain Donor, Brits Abroad, Dayglo Maradona, Dope (13), Kabalist, L.A.M.F. (2), Nurse With Mound, Queen Elizabeth, Slag Van Blowdriver, The Teardrop Explodes, Vesuvio (3), Whopper
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MERLC 48, 822 832-4 Fried — Julian Cope Julian Cope Fried (Album) Mercury, Mercury MERLC 48, 822 832-4 UK 1984 Sell This Version
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818 365-1 World Shut Your Mouth — Julian Cope Julian Cope World Shut Your Mouth (Album) Mercury, Mercury, Phonogram, Phonogram 818 365-1 Australia & New Zealand 1984 Sell This Version
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258 215, CID 9861 Saint Julian — Julian Cope Julian Cope Saint Julian (Album) Island Records 258 215, CID 9861 Europe 1987 Sell This Version
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CID-1209 My Nation Underground — Julian Cope Julian Cope My Nation Underground (Album) Island Records CID-1209 Canada 1988 Sell This Version
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JU 89 Skellington — Julian Cope Julian Cope Skellington (Album) CopeCo, Zippo Records JU 89 UK 1990 Sell This Version
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504134 Peggy Suicide — Julian Cope Julian Cope Peggy Suicide (Album, Comp) Island Records, Island Records 504134 Italy 1991 Sell This Version
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PHCR-720 Jehovahkill — Julian Cope Julian Cope Jehovahkill (Album) Island Records, Island Records PHCR-720 Japan 1992 Sell This Version
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Ma-Gog 1 Rite — Julian Cope Julian Cope Rite (Album) Ma-Gog Records Ma-Gog 1 UK 1992 Sell This Version
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MA-GOG 2 The Skellington Chronicles — Julian Cope Julian Cope The Skellington Chronicles (Album) Ma-Gog Records MA-GOG 2 UK 1993 Sell This Version
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ACCY-00639 Autogeddon — Julian Cope Julian Cope Autogeddon (Album, EP) Echo ACCY-00639 Singapore 1994 Sell This Version
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ECHMC 5 20 Mothers — Julian Cope Julian Cope 20 Mothers (Album) Echo ECHMC 5 UK 1995 Sell This Version
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ECHCD12 Interpreter — Julian Cope Julian Cope Interpreter (Album) Echo ECHCD12 UK 1996 Sell This Version
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HH1 Rite² — Julian Cope Julian Cope Rite² ‎(CD) Head Heritage HH1 UK 1997 Sell This Version
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HH6 Odin — Julian Cope Julian Cope Odin (Album) Head Heritage HH6 UK 1999 Sell This Version
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HH 10 An Audience With The Cope — Julian Cope Julian Cope An Audience With The Cope (MiniAlbum) Head Heritage HH 10 UK 2000 Sell This Version
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HH12 Discover Odin — Julian Cope Julian Cope Discover Odin ‎(CD, Ltd) Head Heritage HH12 UK 2001 Sell This Version
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HH 13 Rite Now — Julian Cope Julian Cope Rite Now ‎(CD, Album) Head Heritage HH 13 UK 2002 Sell This Version
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HH 14/HH14-2 Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day — Julian Cope Julian Cope Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day Head Heritage HH 14/HH14-2 UK 2003 Sell This Version
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Revell Discs 103 Live Japan '91 — Julian Cope Julian Cope Live Japan '91 ‎(CD, Album) Revell Discs Revell Discs 103 UK 2004 Sell This Version
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HH 18 Citizen Cain'd — Julian Cope Julian Cope Citizen Cain'd (Album) Head Heritage HH 18 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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HH 20 Dark Orgasm — Julian Cope Julian Cope Dark Orgasm ‎(2xCD, Album) Head Heritage HH 20 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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300897-8 Rite Bastard — Julian Cope Julian Cope Rite Bastard ‎(CD) Fuck Off & Di 300897-8 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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SC113 Concert Climax - Live In The Hearing Of The Motherfucker — Julian Cope Julian Cope Concert Climax - Live In The Hearing Of The Motherfucker ‎(CD) Southern Cross Recordings SC113 Italy 2005 Sell This Version
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ME 019 Cope On The Rope Hammersmith, 2003 — Julian Cope Julian Cope Cope On The Rope Hammersmith, 2003 ‎(CD, Album) Mucchio Extra ME 019 Italy 2005 Sell This Version
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HH21 You Gotta Problem With Me — Julian Cope Julian Cope You Gotta Problem With Me (Album) Head Heritage HH21 UK 2007 Sell This Version

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AlRog

AlRog

January 2, 2023

I was recently working on a "Musical Geniuses" list but then decided to abandon it due to it's redundancy. After all, do we really need yet another reminder of Stevie Wonder's or Brian Wilson's brilliance? But one name stood out on my list for it's relative obscurity: Julian Cope. Though Cope has an ardently devoted cult following, he rarely gets the recognition he deserves when the critics are putting together their GOAT lists. For example, he only has one album in AcclaimedMusic.net's Top 3000 (Fried at a lowly #2,623). And everyone from Rolling Stone to Pitchfork barely seems to know he exists.

What's always impressed me about Cope's work is how wildly creative, diverse, and interesting his music and career have been. And how little anyone has noticed. Remember how acts like Beck and Blur received both critical acclaim and popular success for their eclectic/experimental mix of styles and genres. Well, Cope was doing the same kind of thing years before either of them. And he did it just as good, if not better, and with an added layer of psychedelic mysticism. Cope is also an acclaimed author, writing three books on music, two autobiographies, a novel, and two mammoth books on archeology that have made him a recognized authority on Neolithic culture (www.TheModernAntiquarian.com/the_books/).

If all you know of Cope is his handful of minor UK Top 40 singles like "World Shut Your Mouth" or "Beautiful Love", or his brief early-80's stint as leader of The Teardrop Explodes, then you can be forgiven for seeing him as just another second-tier New Wave/Indie Rock act. To get an accurate picture of Cope's musical genius, you have to dig deeper into his albums. I'd start with the masterpieces Peggy Suicide or Jehovahkill. But all of his albums have a wealth of uniquely interesting Copeisms.

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