Adding a sense of bleak romanticism and 1960s psychedelia to the post-punk
British music scene, Echo & the Bunnymen became one of Liverpool's best-loved
bands and a key influence on the 1990s Brit-pop craze.
Formed when front man Ian McCulloch left the Crucial Three (his group with Pete
Wylie and Julian Cope), the band were signed to Bill Drummond's Zoo Records and
released debut single 'The Pictures On My Wall'. Will Sergeant's hypnotic guitar
playing and McCulloch's knack of stirring up controversy in the music press led
to a string of classic indie singles, including 'The C...