Glass Tiger debuted in 1986 with The Thin Red Line, which contains hit songs like "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and "Someday", both written by Jim Vallance, the band's music producer.

In the same year, their first EP, titled Special Mini Album, was released only in Germany under the seal of Toshiba EMI Ltd.

In 1991 they published Simple Mission, which contains the single "My Town", a song played with Rod Stewart.

Later came Simple Vision, their first video album in VHS format.

Two months later, Then... Now... Next was released a compilation with new songs under the EMI record label.