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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Sound, The Peel Session, Bad Manners, Julian Cope and The Modern Lovers. Those roots explain a lot about how Echo & the Bunnymen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Cure, Adam and the Ants, Bauhaus, Public Image Ltd. and The Wedding Present, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Grant Lee Buffalo, James Mercer, Interpol, The Stills and Idlewild, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Echo & the Bunnymen, reaching back through The Sound and forward to Grant Lee Buffalo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bassist Les Pattinson. In 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer.

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Echo & the BunnymenThe SoundThe Peel SessionBad MannersJulian CopeThe Modern LoversGuy PrattPeople Are StrangeThe Teardrop ExplodesGrant Lee BuffaloJames MercerInterpolThe StillsIdlewildThe ConnellsThe Appleseed CastBrigitte Calls Me BabyThe CureAdam and the AntsBauhausPublic Image Ltd.The Wedding PresentOrchestral Manoeuvre…The CultThe Smiths

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Echo & the Bunnymen connections

Echo & the Bunnymen grew out of The Sound, The Peel Session, Bad Manners and Julian Cope, shares an orbit with The Cure, Adam and the Ants, Bauhaus and Public Image Ltd., went on to shape Grant Lee Buffalo, James Mercer, Interpol and The Stills. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Echo & the Bunnymen

Roots9

Sounds and acts that shaped Echo & the Bunnymen.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Echo & the Bunnymen.

Bands Echo & the Bunnymen shaped

Legacy20

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