Preview of Echo and the Bunnymen concert in the Shropshire Star on 9th May 2014

Wolverhampton set to welcome Echo and the Bunnymen Meteorite

Ian McCullough’s hair may not be as voluminous these days, but the Echo and the Bunnymen frontman has lost none of his characteristic swagger, ahead of the release of the band’s new album.

 

 “At long last we’ve made the worthy successor to Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Porcupine and Ocean Rain. Meteorites is what Echo and the Bunnymen mean and are meant to be,” the 54-year-old said.

While Meteorites is sure to feature heavily when the Bunnymen return to Wolverhampton for the first time in five years on Sunday, it will be songs from those classic 1980s albums referenced by McCullough that are sure to be eagerly awaited.

 

Formed in 1978, Echo and the Bunnymen led the march of Liverpool’s post-punk scene into the early 1980s, though it took four years for them to make a dent in the singles chart, with the release of "The Back Of Love."

On stage, the Bunnymen earned a reputation as one of the most visceral live bands of the 1980s.
Whether it was the vocal extemporising of the cigarette-toting McCullough or the epic guitar sound generated by Will Sergeant, the intensity of the group’s soaring anthems, such as the 1984 single, “The Killing Moon,” ensured that Bunnymen gigs were memorable occasions.

McCullough left the band in 1988, but reformed the Bunnymen with Sergeant and original bassist Les Pattinson nine years later, resulting in a Top 10 single, "Nothing Lasts Forever," and the critically-acclaimed album, Evergreen.

The release of Meteorites on May 26 will be studio album number 12 for the group, and this time it seems that the tunes live up to McCullough’s customary grandiose rhetoric – quite an achievement for the man who described Ocean Rain as “the greatest album ever made”.

And as a celebrated Liverpool fan, don’t be surprised to hear a rendition of "You’ll Never Walk Alone" from McCullough if Liverpool win the Premier League title on Sunday.

Echo and the Bunnymen play Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton on Sunday.

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