Echo & the Bunnymen is a British Post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978… Read Full Bio ↴Echo & the Bunnymen is 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By the time of their debut album, 1980's Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas.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) , Siberia (2005), and the latest addition, The Fountain (2009). The group's old audience liked the return to their classic sound, and they also managed to gain a number of new, younger listeners.
Echo and the Bunnymen were managed early on by Bill Drummond, who went on to be a founder member of The KLF.
By the time of their debut album, 1980's Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas.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) , Siberia (2005), and the latest addition, The Fountain (2009). The group's old audience liked the return to their classic sound, and they also managed to gain a number of new, younger listeners.
Echo and the Bunnymen were managed early on by Bill Drummond, who went on to be a founder member of The KLF.
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Echo & the Bunnymen Lyrics
All That Jazz Where the hell have you been We've been waiting with our…
Bring on the Dancing Horses Jimmy Brown Made of stone Charlie Clown No way home Bring on…
Going Up Ain't thou watching my film Analyzing me Rusty junker squawk…
In the Margins Tuck me in I need to sleep now I need dream how I…
Lips Like Sugar She floats like a swan Grace on the water Lips like sugar Li…
Never Stop Good God, you said Is that the only thing you…
Nothing Lasts Forever I want it now I want it now Not the promises of…
Ocean Rain All at sea again And now my hurricanes have brought down…
Of a Life Is this how the end begins? Infra-reds and ultra-violets N…
Rescue If I said I'd lost my way Would you sympathize Could you…
Scissors in the Sand Ethereally mine Magic trees They really used to shine My sil…
Show of Strength Realistically It's hard to dig it all too happily But I can…
Stormy Weather I hope you are feeling better now I hope you got…
The Back of Love I'm on the chopping block Chopping off my stopping thought…
The Cutter Brewing alternatives What's in the bottom drawer Waiting f…
The Disease My life's the disease That could always change With comparat…
The Killing Moon Under blue moon, I saw you So soon you'll take me Up…
Villiers Terrace I've been up to villiers terrace To see what's a-happening T…
With a Hip Halt Nobody's allowed Strictly verboten Out, out, out, ou…
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The Killing Moon Under blue moon, I saw you So soon you'll take me Up…