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Echo And The Bunnymen was formed in Liverpool, ENGLAND in late 1978 with
three live members, lead singer+rythmn guitarist Ian McCulloch, lead guitarist
Will Sergeant, bass player Les Pattinson and one drum machine which they
deftly named Echo. During the following year, the trio released an independent
single, which landed them a deal with Korova Records.
The drum machine was replaced by a live human, Pete De Freitas, before
the release of their first album, "Crocodiles", in the summer
of 1980; it broke into the top 20 of the Official U.K. Pop Albums chart.
Nearly a year later, Echo And The Bunnymen followed it up with their sophomore
album, "Heaven Up Here", which climbed into the top 10 in the
U.K. and became their first U.S. charting album.
At the start of 1983 the quartet delivered their next album, "Porcupine",
achieving a career-best peak of #2 on the British chart while the lead
single, "The Cutter" hit the top 10 of the National Pop chart;
the group's third full-length disc also entered the U.S. Top 200 LPs &
Tapes list at #137.
"Ocean Rain", which was issued in May 1984, debuted at #4 in
the U.K. Pop Albums chart and reached the #87 spot on The Billboard Top
200; the album yielded three British top 40 hits, including the #9 "The
Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas ".
A new single, "Bring On The Dancing Horses", followed a year
later; it peaked at #21 in Britain and was eventually included in the
greatest hits collection "Songs To Learn & Sing".
The band's fifth album of all-new-material arrived in mid-1987; though
the lead single, "The Game", barely sneaked into the U.K. top
30, "Echo & The Bunnymen" hit #4 on the National Pop Albums
chart and its #51 peak chart position on The Billboard Top 200 marked
the group's highest peak position of their career, in America.
The following year McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo career; his
first album, released in 1989, was quite successful in England, tragically
drummer Pete De Freitas died in a motorcycle smash, that same year on
June 14th.
Recruiting singer Noel Burke, Echo And The Bunnymen returned in November
1990 with "Reverberation", but the album failed to see much
chart action and the band split-up.
The three former members, McCulloch, Sergeant and Pattinson, regrouped
in 1997 for "Evergreen", their successful comeback album which
restored them to the British top 10; the first release from this CD, "Nothing
Lasts Forever", helped to secure ongoing success as it received widespread
airplay, especially in their homeland where it climbed into the top 10;
the follow-up single, "I Want To Be There (When You Come)" hit
the top 30 in Britain and also on the American Billboard's Modern Rock
Tracks list.
"What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?" followed two years
later but it never cracked the top 20 of the Official U.K. chart. Around
this time Pattinson departed from the band.
In May 2001, the duo released "Flowers" to little attention.
Echo And The Bunnymen are back with the new album, "Siberia",
which is highlighted by the jangling, nostalgic opener "Stormy Weather".
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