Echo and the Bunnymen

Never as pretty as the Smiths, as anthemic or grand as their rival U2 or as suicidal as Joy
Division, Echo and the Bunnymen fell between the U.K. post-punk cracks at the dawn of
the Eighties. But the band's proto-Brit-pop sound resonates today in bands ranging from the
Stone Roses through Radiohead and Oasis. Frontman Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will
Sergeant dressed up the Stones' "Glimmer Twins" template with all mod cons, an... More >