As outlined in the Peel-narrated TV documentary Rock Family Trees: The New Merseybeat, Julian Cope had been in earlier Liverpool bands with Ian McCulloch (later Echo & The Bunnymen), Pete Wylie (Wah!) and Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive), while Teardrop Explodes co-managers Dave Balfe (who eventually joined the band), and Bill Drummond (later KLF) had both been in Big In Japan. The latter pair also ran the Zoo label that released the first three Teardrop singles, which were all played by Peel, before the band signed to Mercury. Balfe and guitarist Alan Gill both had spells with Dalek I.