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Echo & the Bunnymen
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Liverpool, United Kingdom (1978 – 1990, 1997 – present)
Echo & the Bunnymen is a British post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch (of Crucial Three), Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson.
By the time of their debut album, 1980’s Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas.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). The group’s old audience liked the return to their classic sound, and they also managed to gain a number of new, younger listeners.
By the time of their debut album, 1980’s Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas.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). The group’s old audience liked the return to their classic sound, and they also managed to gain a number of new, younger listeners.
Including The Chameleons, Ian McCulloch, New Order, The Sound, The Church, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Psychedelic Furs and more…
Videos
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Echo and the Bunnymen - Enlighten Me
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Echo and The Bunnymen - Rust
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Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter (Alternate Version)
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Echo & The Bunnymen
Top Albums
Top Tracks
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The Killing Moon
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The Cutter
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Seven Seas
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Lips Like Sugar
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Rescue
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Ocean Rain
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My Kingdom
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Never Stop
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All That Jazz
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Over the Wall
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Shoutbox
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teckendecken wrote:
Check out this band that is very inspired by the Punk/Post-Punk scene. http://www.last.fm/music/The+Phonographics/_/The+Mist
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daniel-m wrote:
one of their better tracks, zimbo with royal barundi brothers is one of my favourite tracks from the bunnymen, he was scared to talk or sing about the drug habit he had at the time.
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Surfmonkey wrote:
Songs and Ocean Rain are NOT where you should start. The meat of the Bunnymen is in the first three albums. Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here and Porcupine are the outstanding classics of their catalogue. Ocean Rain is good, but it's amazingly self indulgent, not very innovative and generally a downturn for the band. Songs is okay, but only if you don't really want to listen to the best stuff, just the most popular stuff. It's nice to see My Kingdom placing high on the list above. Now, if only Lips Like Sugar would go away. Over the Wall needs to place WAY higher too.
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pol_noir wrote:
Ocean Rain, but, yes, Songs.. is good place to start.
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clockey wrote:
wow. just made the trip from san francisco to see them at radio city music hall... and it was nothing short of amazing. ian sounded spot on (laying off the whiskey and smokes perhaps?).. having seen them on their last tour prior to their breakup (Echo & The Bunnymen tour), then seeing them twice since the reunion. i can say this was their best performance by far.
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PurpleKaz wrote:
Tony, I would recommend listening to Songs To Learn and Sing, as it is their singles, covering the first 4 albums, Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Porcupine and Ocean Rain. You should hear how their sound developed. My personal favourite album is Heaven Up Here.
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zoon70 wrote:
Ocean Rain
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Tony-- wrote:
Which is their best album for start?
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Alfredeus wrote:
I wish they would come to Miami...I saw them in Atlanta a couple of years ago, and once just isn't enough.
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KoldKalamity wrote:
With a Hip is definitely my fave. Such a catchy track.
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ConnyG wrote:
Man, my pants will explode if they come to Australia and play Ocean Rain with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
but they are much better than The Doors, The Doors only did 2 good albums, the Bunnymen have done at least 7 albums of good material, and i'm including the one without Ian, it shouldn't have been Bunnymen album but it's still good
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teckendecken wrote:
Great new rock band that is very inspired by the punk/post-punk era. Listen please! http://www.lastfm.se/music/The+Phonographics
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AUTO_DEFIANCE wrote:
so we've been told we sound like a young Ian McColluch, which made us, in turn, come here to check things out. Killing Time- most likely a full-on cover song for this Indie Rock Band.... fans of this style, please drop in and say high. www.myspace.com/autodef
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helmetronic wrote:
My review of the Ocean Rain Royal Albert Hall concert on Tuesday night is here if anyone's interested www.middleyouth.com What a night!
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allysson1990 wrote:
McCulloch's vocals remind me of Win Butler from Arcade Fire!
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holetoledo wrote:
they've always sounded like a new wave version of the doors to me.
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KoldKalamity wrote:
'With a Hip' my favorite. All of Heaven Up Here is great.
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storvikarn wrote:
For Those Who Probably Will Die While Listening To Music United Together.
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pcfaria wrote:
BOA!!!
Events
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Echo & The Bunnymen with orchestra, performing the classic album "Ocean Rain" in full
Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Jan
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Echo & the Bunnymen
Teatro Cervantes, Malaga, Spain
2 shouts
| 16 attendees
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