Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: September 1978 in Liverpool, England
The Doors, Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, Roxy Music, Joy Division, The Music Machine, 13th Floor Elevators, Marc Bolan, The Velvet Underground, Television, The Standells, The Sex Pistols, The Seeds, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Stooges The Teardrop Explodes, The Church, Julian Cope, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Icicle Works, The Psychedelic Furs, The Chameleons UK, Wah!, Live, Catherine Wheel, Joy Division, Morrissey, R.E.M., Balcony Dogs, Pulp, Modern Eon, The Comsat Angels, The Cure, The Durutti Column Eden, Foreign Born, The Rumble Strips, Monomania, British Sea Power, A House, Arcade Fire, Editors, The Mission UK, Alison's Halo, Preston School of Industry, The Christines, Revelino, Action Action, Sirens Sister, The Mary Onettes, The Violet Burning, Kelley Stoltz, Violet Scene |  |
Echo & the Bunnymen's dark, swirling fusion of gloomy post-punk and Doors-inspired psychedelia brought the group a handful of British hits in the early '80s, while attracting a cult following in the United States. The Bunnymen grew out of the Crucial Three, a late-'70s trio featuring vocalist Ian McCulloch, Pete Wylie, and Julian Cope. Cope and Wylie left the group by the end of 1977, forming the Teardrop Explodes and Wah!, respectively. McCulloch met guitarist Will Sergeant in the summer of 1978 and the pair began recording demos with a drum machine that the duo called "Echo." Adding bassist Les Pattinson, the band made its live debut at the Liverpool club Eric's at the end of 1978, calling itself Echo & the Bunnymen.
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