Tears (Danish band)

Tears was a Danish band formed 1967 in Aarhus, as one of the first jazz-rock bands from Denmark.^[1][2][3] The first record Tears from 1970 became very rare when a fire at Spectator Records destroyed tapes and stock in 1972.^[4] In relation to Holger Laumann's job as a music teacher, Tears also recorded an album in 1970 under the name It's So Easy, which was a children's record with Lis Sørensen.^[5][6]

Tears
Origin	Aarhus
Genres	Jazz fusion
Years active	1967-1976
Past members	Anne Linnet Holger Laumann Bent Lundgaard Bjørn Veierskov Jens Jefsen Ed Jones David Cadogan

The singer Anne Linnet joined Tears at the age of 17, and participated on the two records from 1973 to 1974, which are still called a kind of jazz-rock.^[7][8] Her relationship with the band member Holger Laumann had a significant influence on how she later became a famous musician in Denmark, through Shit & Chanel.^[9][10] Tears called themselves Det Beskidte Dusin in 1975, and a record with the same name was released in 1977.^[11] Tears was not officially dissolved, but sometimes played in other contexts.^[12] Anne Linnet left Tears in 1976.^[13][14][15]

Anne Linnet's first solo album

The album Sweet Thing from 1973 is often regarded as the first solo album from Anne Linnet.^[16][17][18] Tears at least functions as the backup band, like on the album Anne Linnet from 1975. Anne Linnet is on the album cover from 1973, where her name has a more prominent font style than Tears. The yellowish color depicts syrup, which fits with the title Sweet Thing.^[19]

Discography

Albums

• Tears (Spectator Records, 1970)
• Sweet Thing (Artist, 1973)
• Tears in My Ears (Artist, 1974)

Singles

• Lyset (Artist, 1971)
• Pædagogisk drama (Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 1971)

References

1. Bille, Torben, ed. (2002). Dansk rockleksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). Politikens Forlag. p. 509. ISBN 87-567-6525-8. Tears var en af de første danske jazz/rock-grupper [...] I efteråret 66 blev Holger Laumann medlem af Århus-gruppen Ghostriders [...] og i sommeren 67 tog gruppen navnet Tears. [English: Tears was one of the first Danish jazz/rock groups [...] In the autumn of '66, Holger Laumann became a member of the Aarhus group Ghostriders [...] and in the summer of '67, the group took the name Tears.]
2. Bundgaard, Peder (2005). Lykkens pamfil (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 153. ISBN 978-87-595-2542-5. I sommeren 1967 var Ghostriders efterhånden blevet et soul-jazz band og skiftede navn til Tears [...] [English: In the summer of 1967, Ghostriders had gradually become a soul-jazz band and changed name to Tears [...]]
3. Genesis of Tears. spectator-records.dk. "Tears was formed from the beat grup Ghostriders in 1967 i Århus."
4. History of Spectator Records. spectator-records.dk. "Masterbånd og restoplag af plader m.v. gik til ved branden i 1972. [English: Master tapes and remaining stock of records etc. perished in the fire of 1972.]"
5. It's So Easy by It's So Easy. Discogs.
6. It's So Easy. spectator-records.dk. "Musicians are from his band Tears."
7. Christensen, Uffe (10 November 2012). "Muser og mænd - musik og masochisme". Jyllands-Posten. Dengang foregik alt med fødebyen Aarhus som udgangspunkt og sine første væsentlige erfaringer som medlem af et band høstede hun blandt andre sammen med Holger Laumann i bandet Tears, som hun i en alder af 17 år blev en del af. [English: Back then, everything happened with the city of birth Aarhus as a starting point and she acquired her first essential experiences as a member of a band, among others, together with Holger Laumann in the band Tears, which she became part of at the age of 17.]
8. Eriksen, Jan (2019). Anne, Sanne og Lis: Historien om en dansk musikrevolution (in Danish) (1st ed.). Storyhouse. p. 40. ISBN 978-87-11-91167-9. Som medlem af Tears spillede Anne Linnet i et band med jazz som hovedsprog og rockmusik som sekundært sprog. [English: As a member of Tears, Anne Linnet played in a band with jazz as the main language and rock music as the secondary language.]
9. Schütt-Jensen, Kasper (15 October 2007). "Anne Linnet indspiller egen musikhistorie". Jyllands-Posten. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. De stod pludselig og manglede en sanger og fandt ud af, at jeg kunne synge. Vi prøvede at optræde sammen, folk var vilde med det, og så fortsatte vi bare. De drenge stod i virkeligheden for min musikalske opdragelse. [English: They stood there and were suddenly missing a singer, and found out that I could sing. We tried to perform together, people loved it and then, we just continued. Those guys were in reality responsible for my musical upbringing.]
10. Anne Linnet – Hele historien, del 1 af 2. Gaffa. "Han spillede i et band, der hed Tears, hvor forsangeren Allan Mortensen skulle flytte til København. De spørger, om jeg vil være med, jeg siger ja, og vi spiller. [English: He played in a band that was named Tears, where the lead singer Allan Mortensen had to move to Copenhagen. They ask whether I want to join, I say yes, and we play.]"
11. Det Beskidte Dusin by Det Beskidte Dusin. Discogs.
12. Bille, Torben, ed. (2002). Dansk rockleksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). Politikens Forlag. p. 510. ISBN 87-567-6525-8. Gruppen er aldrig officielt blevet opløst. [English: The group has never officially been dissolved.]
13. Anne Linnet. Den Store Danske. "[...] og 1971-76 indgik hun i gruppen Tears med bl.a. Holger Laumann [...] [English: [...] and 1971-76, she was in the group Tears with, among others, Holger Laumann [...]]"
14. Linnet, Anne (2012). Testamentet (in Danish) (1st ed.). People's Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-87-7108-597-6. Tears er en vidunderlig blanding af stilarterne, og jeg nyder at fyre den af med drengene, men en aften som i aften tænker jeg også, at tiden med Tears måske er ved at være forbi. [English: Tears is a wonderful mix of the genres, and I enjoy putting on a good show with the guys, but a night as tonight, I also think that the time with Tears might soon be over.]
15. Anne Linnet – Hele historien, del 1 af 2. Gaffa. "Det endte med, at vi fik så meget at lave med Shit & Chanel, at Tears måtte køre med en anden end mig, efter at jeg i en periode havde gjort begge dele. [English: In the end, we had so much to do with Shit & Chanel, that Tears had to run with someone other than me, after I had done both for some time.]"
16. Anne Linnet. Den Store Danske. "Som solist lp-debuterede hun i 1973 med Sweet Thing [...] [English: As a solo artist, her LP debut was in 1973 with Sweet Thing [...]]"
17. Bundgaard, Peder (2005). Lykkens pamfil (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 153. ISBN 978-87-595-2542-5. Den tredje LP med Tears var i realiteten det første soloalbum med Anne Linnet. [English: The third LP with Tears was in reality the first solo album with Anne Linnet.]
18. Nielsen, Jens-Emil (2013). 70'er rock: Dansk rock 1970-1980 (in Danish) (1st ed.). Her & Nu. p. 76. ISBN 978-87-90184-93-3. Hun kommer med i hans jazzrock-gruppe Tears og debuterer med dem som backing som 20-årig med solo-lp'en 'Sweet Thing' med engelske tekster. [English: She joins his jazz-rock group Tears and debuts with them as backing as a 20-year-old with the solo LP 'Sweet Thing' with English lyrics.]
19. Linnet, Anne (1999). Hvor kommer drømmene fra? (in Danish) (1st ed.). Rosinante. p. 297. ISBN 87-7357-241-1. [...] han har fået en ide om, at der skal løbe noget sirup ned over billedet, så coveret hænger sammen med titlen, som bliver Sweet Thing. [English: [...] he got an idea that some syrup should run down over the picture, so that the cover fits together with the title, which becomes Sweet Thing.]

External links

• Official webpage
• Tears discography at Discogs