| Blue Tears | |
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| Origin | Jackson, Tennessee, USA |
| Genres | Hard rock Glam metal |
| Years active | 1983–1993 2005–2009 |
| Labels | MCA, Suncity, AOR Heaven |
| Members | |
| Bryan Wolski Robert Streets |
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| Past members | |
| Gregg Fulkerson Michael Spears Charlie Lauderdale Bryan Hall Jay Price |
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Blue Tears was a hard rock band from Jackson, Tennessee that enjoyed some short-lived fame in the late-80s. However, the band was then basically ignored due to the wave of alternative/grunge music and the members got involved in other projects. However, the band resurfaced in 2006 with a new album. Lead singer Gregg Fulkerson died on April 14, 2009, and the future of the band is uncertain.
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Frontman Gregg Fulkerson formed Blue Tears in 1983 when he was just 17 years old, with some childhood friends. The band started playing covers and doing small gigs around their hometown, Henderson, Tennessee, but quickly progressed to playing their original music with steady shows with audiences peaking at 1,000 people.
The band recorded several demo tapes in Fulkerson's bedroom, and radio stations played them constantly. One of those tapes reached somehow a Los Angeles-based record company. They signed a recording contract with MCA Records soon after.
The debut album was released in June 1990 with tracks like "Innocent Kiss" receiving heavy promotion. However, after some time, the band was dismissed as just another glam metal act in that genres fading wave.
After that, due to some troubles with MCA, Blue Tears didn't manage to release a second record, and their members got involved in other projects. Most notably, Fulkerson and Spears worked with Stryper frontman in his first official solo album released in 1994. Original drummer, Jay Price, now lives in South Carolina and has recorded with the likes of Dave Koz and Hootie and the Blowfish.
By 2002, Fulkerson and Spears were again involved in another project called Attraction 65. At that time, there was already some sort of cult following of Blue Tears. Some unreleased songs recorded previous to their album were being heavily downloaded through the Internet. Fulkerson decided to release a compilation of unreleased songs titled Mad, Bad and Dangerousand another called Dancin' On the Backstreets. Both of these were released on Sun City Records.
However, in 2006, Blue Tears (only with Fulkerson, from the original band) resurfaced releasing an album titled The Innocent Ones on AOR Heaven.
It was posted on country singer Jessica Miller's Myspace page that lead singer Gregg Fulkerson had died on April 14, 2009 morning, aged 44. It is unknown what will be the future of the band, considering he was the only constant member in the band and the one who kept it together.[1]