Echo & The Bunnymen

Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bassist Les Pattinson form Echo and the Bunnymen. Who is Echo? Quite simply the drum machine they used to record their first single, The Pictures on my Wall I Read It in Books. Fortunately, the band quickly recruited Pete de Freitas to replace the unfortunate Echo and record their first album, Crocodiles, which has already been warmly received by the critics.

Ocean Rain, the band's fourth album, received a lukewarm reception, even earning a glowing review in RollingStone magazine. Since then, it has become a benchmark, and it's on this album that we find a nugget, the band's most-listened-to single, The Killing Moon. In 1987, they set the world alight with their eponymous album, their biggest commercial success. However, this marked the beginning of a long hiatus for the band. In 1988, Ian McCulloch left his bandmates to go solo, and Peter de Freitas died in a motorcycle accident the following year. A series of setbacks that marked their separation.

Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch soon reunited, and in 1996 they finally managed to convince Les Pattinson to join them. Echo and the Bunnymen were back on their feet! The following year, they released the album of redemption, Evergreen, also featuring Liam Gallagher, to unanimous acclaim from critics and early fans alike. And although their bassist left them again in 1999, this time the band stayed on track.

After 2009's The Fountain, Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant release their twelfth album, Meteorites, on which the singer makes a point of exorcising his demons, again with his trademark sublime voice. In 2018, the band revisit and transform their hit songs on The Stars, the Ocean & the Moon, and continue to tour the world. After the Bataclan that year, they returned for a mini-tour in 2022, culminating at the Trianon in Paris.