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Liverpool, United Kingdom (1978 – 1990, 1997 – present)
Echo & the Bunnymen are a British post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch (of The Crucial Three), Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was completed by a drum machine known as “Echo”.
By the time of their debut album, 1980’s Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas. Their next, the critically-acclaimed Heaven Up Here, reached the Top Ten in 1981, as did 1983’s Porcupine and ‘84’s Ocean Rain. Singles like “
The Killing Moon” (later used in the soundtrack to Donnie Darko, a film whose imagery owed much to the artwork of the band’s early records.), “Silver,” “Bring On The Dancing Horses,” and “The Cutter” helped keep the group in the public eye as they took a brief hiatus in the late 1980s. Their 1987 self-titled LP was a small American hit, their only LP to have significant sales there.
McCulloch quit the band in 1988. De Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident one year later. The others decided to continue, recruiting Noel Burke to replace McCulloch on vocals in Reverberation (1990), which did not generate much excitement among fans or critics. Burke, Sargeant and Pattinson split after that, but the surviving three fourths of the original band reformed in 1997 and released Evergreen (1997), What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? (1999), Flowers (2001) and Siberia (2005).
By the time of their debut album, 1980’s Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas. Their next, the critically-acclaimed Heaven Up Here, reached the Top Ten in 1981, as did 1983’s Porcupine and ‘84’s Ocean Rain. Singles like “
The Killing Moon” (later used in the soundtrack to Donnie Darko, a film whose imagery owed much to the artwork of the band’s early records.), “Silver,” “Bring On The Dancing Horses,” and “The Cutter” helped keep the group in the public eye as they took a brief hiatus in the late 1980s. Their 1987 self-titled LP was a small American hit, their only LP to have significant sales there.McCulloch quit the band in 1988. De Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident one year later. The others decided to continue, recruiting Noel Burke to replace McCulloch on vocals in Reverberation (1990), which did not generate much excitement among fans or critics. Burke, Sargeant and Pattinson split after that, but the surviving three fourths of the original band reformed in 1997 and released Evergreen (1997), What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? (1999), Flowers (2001) and Siberia (2005).
Top Albums
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Ocean Rain
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Crocodiles
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Porcupine
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Songs to Learn & Sing
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Seven Seas
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Lips Like Sugar
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Rescue
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Bring On The Dancing Horses
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Ocean Rain
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My Kingdom
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Shoutbox
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infectedmodes wrote:
►We Love British Bands
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m0po wrote:
love the new album! cant wait to see these cool cats at laneway
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bird__land wrote:
my kingdom ...
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DrowsyDragon wrote:
C-c-c-cucumber, c-c-c-cabbage!!
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robertkloch wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PCATHH
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DeuxOfHearts wrote:
Lips like sugaaarr, <3
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secretpassage wrote:
faces look ugly when you're alone
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kellyjean wrote:
Seven Seas.
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dancehalldaze wrote:
are they sideshowing after laneway or not?
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maddermermaid wrote:
Due to start the tour on November 15 in Atlanta, the band have postponed all of their dates after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled the band would have to pay a fee to tour the US. http://www.nme.com/news/echo-and-the-bunnymen/48269 :( Why oh why do we make it so hard for bands to come over here? I hate us sometimes, I really do.
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mattmacneil wrote:
NOT JUST ANOTHER DROP-IN-THE-OCEANNN
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douglasharr wrote:
incredible show at the Fox Theater in Oakland California October 22- Ocean Rain all the way through with orchestra - review here: http://douglasharr.wordpress.com
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SoulmanUK wrote:
review of the new album over @ http://musicuneedtohear.blogspot.com/ - was really impressed with the new album
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henry_hudson wrote:
great show at nokia, just wish i coulda seen their faces.
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jeffyy wrote:
Why ain't Show Of Strenght or more stuff from Heaven Up Here in the top 15?
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Vampiro_Rockero wrote:
Great show at The Nokia =D
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salbutan wrote:
yes it is!
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DROWHN wrote:
The new album is cool.
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skinnydrifter wrote:
That's in two days, from today (on Thursday), and again on this Saturday.
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Echo & The Bunnymen are touring with (darkwave duo) She Wants Revenge on October the 22nd and 24th, in North America.
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XFM Winter Wonderland
Manchester Academy 1, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Echo & The Bunnymen
O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Echo & The Bunnymen
O2 Academy, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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