Echo & The Bunnymen

UK

Formed: 1978

Years Active: 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Punk/New Wave, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

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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 m...

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