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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By the time of their debut album, 1980’s Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas.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By the time of their debut album, 1980’s Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas.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).
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Ocean Rain
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Crocodiles
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P_Esparsas wrote:
Ian - always cool with his cigarrette while he sings.
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Wulner wrote:
<3 5 personal fave: rescue, too young to kneel, think i need i too, seven seas, silver!
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ralfsu wrote:
I have to admit liking The Fountain better than Siberia... I don't think it beats Flowers though.
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alixlloydee wrote:
anyone know if theres support?
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
I got called a knob head by Ian McCulloch, it was great.
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Preacher_WF wrote:
very nice band!
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
Tonight, 3rd time
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LordWoodford wrote:
Caught the last night in the O2 Academy in Oxford, crap venue but a great event. Even a few families out for the evening having a pre xmas knees up along with a few old fat f*****s like meself doing their thing. Anyone going to see them on the "O2" tour hope you enjoy. And Mac even had a cheeky tab on stage, now that is rock n roll these days!!!
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FragileFeathers wrote:
I don't know where I got their song from, but it's worth listening... But I can't remember who recommended me to listen to this group....
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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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Jan
27
Echo & The Bunnymen
Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
2 shouts
| 11 attendees
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Jan
29
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
Alexandria St off St Paul’s Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
14 shouts
| 81 attendees
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Jan
30
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
44 shouts
| 155 attendees
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