Echo & the Bunnymen, why the rock press were “divs” and the secret of good hair by Will Sergeant

Will Sergeant’s just put out the second volume of his memoirs, both of them Sunday Times best-sellers, Echoes and the first edition, Bunnyman. Here he revisits the Liverpool of the ‘60s and ‘70s in extraordinary detail - the clothes, the records, the gangs, the school days, the early shows he saw - and the many reasons he wanted to form a band. On the agenda …

… ‘rockist’ cliches the Bunnymen detested.  

… why America loved early ‘80s British groups.

… the powerful appeal of Jethro Tull, Status Quo, Slade, Roxy Music, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band and rock and roll theatre.

… clothes bought from NME small ads in the ‘70s.

… absurd rivalries with Simple Minds and the Jesus & Mary Chain.

… fond memories of David Thomas of Pere Ubu smashing a pig iron spike with a lump hammer.

… the ‘Porcupine’ cover shoot in Iceland.  

… the charisma of the teenage Mac McCulloch.

… bands that borrowed from the Bunnymen.

… why the Ramones were “Status Quo with drainpipes”.

… and the magic ingredient that held Mac’s hair aloft.

Order Bunnyman here …

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bunnyman-Memoir-Sunday-Times-bestseller/dp/1472135032

And Echoes here …

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-memoir-continued/dp/1408719304

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