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Echo & the Bunnymen

December 2023

  • Paul Simpson, who ‘arguably defined the indie aesthetic of the 1980s’, writing lyrics for the Wild Swans in 1980.

    Liverpudlian indie hero Paul Simpson: ‘I could have made a masterpiece but I was too damaged’

    The Wild Swans frontman also formed bands with Ian McCulloch, Ian Broudie and Julian Cope – and was Courtney Love’s flatmate – but admits to being a peripheral voice in Liverpool’s music scene. A new memoir could change that

January 2023

  • ‘There’s a silly sexuality to them’ … (L-R) Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Ricky Wilson, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson.

    Famous fans say farewell to the B-52’s: ‘They got me to question my own prejudices’

    After 46 years, the Athens originals are taking off for good later this year. David Byrne, Boy George and more pay tribute to one of the most unusual pop bands ever

September 2020

  • Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 1968.

    'Colourful, vibrant, sensual!' Stars on Jimi Hendrix, 50 years gone

    In awe of everything from his raunchiness to his skill with sheer volume, members of Pixies, Yes, Parliament-Funkadelic, Thin Lizzy and more celebrate the guitar god, who died 50 years ago today

May 2020

  • ‘All we had was porridge’ … Love during her 1982 stay.

    Courtney Love in Liverpool: the Scousers who taught the grunge icon how to rock

    In 1982, a tearaway called Courtney Love blazed into the city, intoxicated by its exploding post-punk scene. We reveal the feuds, filched raincoats and grotty flats that set her on the path to stardom

March 2019

  • Pixies and Dave Grohl

    LoudQUIETloud: can the Pixies break into the podcasting world?

    The band are set to become the My Dad Wrote a Porno of the alt-rock world

November 2017

  • Elvis Costello by Brian Griffin

    Fish guts and marching powder: Brian Griffin's rock photography – in pictures

    Brian Griffin invented technical tricks to turn 80s pop into an edgy visual wonderland. From Iggy Pop to Kate Bush, he recalls the stories behind the shots

July 2017

  • from left, Pete De Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant.

    10 of the best
    Echo and the Bunnymen – 10 of the best

    The greatest song ever written – even singer Ian McCulloch says it himself – and nine more from Liverpool’s indie titans

December 2016

  • Speech Debelle Peforms At Scala

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: your songs about finishing

    It’s not quite the end of the world as we know it, with a playlist including Alice Cooper, Eels, Speech Debelle and the Sundays. And, as you’d hope, it rounds itself off nicely

November 2016

  • Black Grape

    Shiiine On Weekender – Bez's pool party, Britpop bastions and middle-aged boozers

    For one weekend in November, the Minehead Butlins turns into an idyll for forgotten indie tribes, with performances from the Bluetones, Ash, Dodgy, the Wonder Stuff, Black Grape, Shed 7, er, the Clone Roses, and more

May 2015

  • Old photo of Ian McCulloch and John Simm wearing coats

    Me and you
    Ian McCulloch and John Simm on their mutually appreciative friendship

    Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch and actor John Simm were each other’s heroes before they met. Now they enjoy a creative – and boozy – friendship

April 2015

  • Echo and the Bunnymen

    How we made
    Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant: how we made The Killing Moon

    Ian McCulloch: ‘My wife had a cob on because I’d been out all night – then I played the song and she cried’

January 2015

  • Lusts

    New band of the week
    Lusts (No 37)

    New purveyors of majestic indie that revisits the glory days of Echo & The Bunnymen, with elements of Oasis

June 2014

  • Echo and the Bunnymen Ian McCulloch

    Echo and the Bunnymen review – sighing against the dying of the light

    The epic swagger is subdued as the indie icons tour their latest, fan-funded album. But the 80s classics still impress, writes Ian Gittins

May 2014

  • Echo and the Bunnymen

    Album streams
    Echo and the Bunnymen - Meteorites: Exclusive album stream

  • Morrisey and Ian McCulloch of Echo & the Bunnymen

    From Rock's Backpages
    Morrissey v McCulloch: two cult frontman go head to head

April 2014

  • Kendal Calling Festival - Day 1

    The Music of Ian Broudie review – 'bittersweet undercurrents'

    Miles Kane, the Coral's James Skelly and Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch are among those who join Broudie and the RLPO for an emotional celebration of his music, writes Dave Simpson

April 2013

  • Ian McCulloch

    30 minutes with …
    Ian McCulloch: 'Car parks are a bigger threat than war'

  • ian mcculloch radar

    On my radar
    Ian McCulloch's cultural highlights

August 2012

  • Status Quo

    Six songs of me
    Six Songs of Me: Barry from Barrygruff

    The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me project

August 2011

  • Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen

    Ignition festival in Newcastle cancelled

    Event featuring Echo & the Bunnymen called off after racecourse cancelled the event, say organisers
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