Echo & the Bunnymen
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
Andrew Male
06, Dec, 2023 @10:50 AM
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
Interviews by Dave Simpson
13, Jan, 2023 @10:56 AM
'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
Ed Prideaux
18, Sep, 2020 @11:30 AM
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
Dave Haslam
25, May, 2020 @5:00 AM
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
Leonie Cooper
15, Mar, 2019 @1:00 PM
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
Dave Simpson
05, Jul, 2017 @2:20 PM
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
Sarah Chappell
15, Dec, 2016 @12:00 PM
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
Mark Beaumont
14, Nov, 2016 @5:27 PM
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
Katie Forster
31, May, 2015 @5:00 AM
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’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
07, Apr, 2015 @6:02 AM
Lusts (No 37)
New purveyors of majestic indie that revisits the glory days of Echo & The Bunnymen, with elements of Oasis
Paul Lester
09, Jan, 2015 @4:14 PM
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
Ian Gittins
10, Jun, 2014 @12:46 PM
1 / 4 pages