Formed at the height of the punk rock boom in Ulster in 1978, the band were composed of members from other Northern Irish groups namely Cobra, Midnight Cruiser and The Detonators.
With the death of the entertainment industry following The Miami Showband massacre, the Tearjerkers became prime movers in re-opening several concert venues and almost single-handedly creating the late 1970s/early 1980s contemporary band touring circuit within Northern Ireland.
Brian Rawson went to London to join Jim Lyttle (Pretty Boy Floyd, Rogue Male) in his new band, and they recorded a three track demo in Alvic Studios with Jimmy Bain (Rainbow, Dio) producing and playing bass guitar on the track, "Rough, Tough and Pretty Too".
Rawson also spent some time with Brian Connolly's new incarnation of Sweet, prior to emigrating to the United States for several years.
He subsequently founded another record label that specialised in electronic music and it continues to exist today, albeit in a somewhat haphazard manner.
No, I've definitely no interest in strapping on a bass ever again' (Howard Ingram)[citation needed] Several officially sanctioned albums have been released (in Japan) as well as a slew of top quality live bootlegs.
After almost three decades of rejecting offers for their work to be reissued, the band agreed to the US re-release of "Where's Julie" (as a vinyl single) with release anticipated towards the end of 2014/early 2015.
And I guess Eric Bell & Gary Moore (ex Thin Lizzy), Fruupp (1970s Belfast prog-rock band), Van Morrison, Derek Bell (Chieftains), Ottilie Patterson (Chris barber Jazz Band) and Ruby Murray (one of the UK's biggest female vocalists of the 1950s and the origin of the UK rhyming slang term for 'a curry') might agree with me.
I just hate the whole revisionist, self-aggrandising mindset')[citation needed] Also, in 2013 drummer Nigel Hamilton suffered a debilitating stroke.