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| - Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk group, formed in Liverpool in 1978. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here, again found favour with the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine, reached number 2 in the UK. Their next release, Ocean Rain, continued the band's UK chart success, and has since been regarded as their landmark release, spawning the hit singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas". One more studio album, Echo & the Bunnymen, was released before McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo career in 1988. The following year, de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident, and the band re-emerged with a new line-up. Original members Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson were joined by Noel Burke as lead singer, Damon Reece on drums and Jake Brockman on keyboards. This new incarnation of the band released Reverberation in 1990, but the disappointing critical and commercial reaction it received culminated with a complete split in 1992. After working together as Electrafixion, McCulloch, Sergeant and Pattinson regrouped in 1997 and returned as Echo & the Bunnymen with the UK Top 10 hit "Nothing Lasts Forever". An album of new material, Evergreen, was greeted enthusiastically by critics and the band made a successful return to the live arena. Though Pattinson left the group for a second time, McCulloch and Sergeant have continued to issue new material as Echo & the Bunnymen, including the albums What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?, Flowers and Siberia (2005). The band are scheduled to release a new album, The Fountain, in 2008. (en)
- Echo & the Bunnymen – влиятельная английская рок-группа, в музыке которой соединились депрессивный постпанк и психоделические влияния. Характерными особенностями музыкального стиля квартета всегда были - чувственный, театральный вокал МакКаллоха, его же мастерски сработанные тексты, насыщенные игрой слов и загадочными метафорами, а также гитарный минимализм Сарджента, обладавшего способностью из минимума составляющих создавать насыщенные звуковые полотна.Коммерческий прорыв в Британии группа осуществила с альбомом Porcupine и синглами из него: The Back Of Love, и The Cutter . Ocean Rain, встреченный хвалебными рецензиями, поднялся в Британии до 4-го места и стал первой пластинкой группы, вошедшей в Топ 50 «Биллборда». МакКаллох покинул состав в 1988 году, год спустя барабанщик Пит Де Фрейтас погиб в автокатастрофе и в 1990 году Echo & the Bunnymen распались. В 1994 году МакКаллох и Сарджент возобновили сотрудничество в группе Electrafixion, а после того, как к ним присоединился Паттинсон, вернули себе название Echo & the Bunnymen. (ru)
- Echo & the Bunnymen, brittiskt postpunkband bildat i Liverpool 1978 och bestod då av sångaren Ian McCulloch, gitarristen Will Sergeant och en trummaskin som bandet påstås ha kallat "Echo!". Inför sin första spelning i slutet av 1978 utökades bandet med Les Pattinson och efter att ha gett ut några singlar 1979 byttes "Echo!" ut mot trummisen Pete de Freitas. När bandet nu var fulltaligt släppte man sin första LP, Crocodiles . Efter ytterligare fyra släppta album beslöt Ian McCulloch 1988 sig för en solokarriär, trots det fortsatte de övriga medlemmarna några år till. Pete de Freitas dog i en motorcykelolycka 14 juni 1989, 27 år gammal. Gruppen återbildades 1997 då de släppte Evergreen. (sv)
- Echo & the Bunnymen es una banda británica de post-punk formada en Liverpool en 1978. La formación original la constituían Ian McCulloch (de los Crucial Three), Will Sergeant y Les Pattinson, complementados por una caja de ritmos que muchos dedujeron que era "Echo", aunque la banda lo niega. (es)
- Gli Echo & the Bunnymen sono un gruppo post-punk formatosi a Liverpool nel 1978. Inizialmente il gruppo era composto da Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant e Les Pattinson. Divennero famosi per album come Heaven Up Here e Ocean Rain; in quest'ultimo è contenuta la più nota canzone del gruppo, ovvero The Killing Moon. (it)
- Echo & the Bunnymen é uma banda inglesa de pós-punk formada em Liverpool, em 1978. Entre suas influências destacam-se The Beatles, The Velvet Underground e The Doors. Bandas influenciadas incluem The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Mission e Interpol. (pt)
- Echo & The Bunnymen sind eine Liverpooler Rockband. Sie begannen 1978 im Post-Punk-Umfeld, entwickelten sich zum New Wave und gelangten schließlich zu einem melancholischen Pop-Stil, getragen von Ian McCullochs expressiver, voluminöser Stimme und Will Sergeants atmosphärischem Gitarrenstil. Die Inhalte der Lieder fanden sich oft im Bereich von Fantasy und Mythologie. Obwohl von vielen vermutet wurde, das 'Echo' im Bandnamen beziehe sich auf einen anfangs von der Band benutzten Drumcomputer, widerlegte Will Sergeant im 1982 erschienenen Buch 'Liverpool Explodes!' diese Theorie: "Wir hatten diesen Kumpel, der uns all diese Namen wie The Daz Men oder Glisserol and the Fan Extractors vorschlug. Echo and the Bunnymen war auch einer davon. Ich dachte, 'der ist genauso albern wie die anderen'." (de)
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| - Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk group, formed in Liverpool in 1978. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here, again found favour with the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart. (en)
- Echo & the Bunnymen – влиятельная английская рок-группа, в музыке которой соединились депрессивный постпанк и психоделические влияния. (ru)
- Echo & the Bunnymen, brittiskt postpunkband bildat i Liverpool 1978 och bestod då av sångaren Ian McCulloch, gitarristen Will Sergeant och en trummaskin som bandet påstås ha kallat "Echo!". (sv)
- Echo & the Bunnymen es una banda británica de post-punk formada en Liverpool en 1978. (es)
- Gli Echo & the Bunnymen sono un gruppo post-punk formatosi a Liverpool nel 1978. (it)
- Echo & the Bunnymen é uma banda inglesa de pós-punk formada em Liverpool, em 1978. (pt)
- Echo & The Bunnymen sind eine Liverpooler Rockband. (de)
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