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"He was one of the gang." Before he won three Oscars and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, one world-famous actor was a roadie for Echo & The Bunnymen

It's not unusual for roadies to become stars in their own right, but precious few end up becoming knights of the realm

Louder

Echo and the Bunnymen review – Ian McCulloch leaves it to the crowd to sing these timelessly great songs

The frontman struggled to get through most of the band’s choruses but that left space for Will Sergeant’s glorious psychedelic shapes and a supportive sing along

The Guardian - UK

"That song is actually the answer to the big question - it's got real power": The story of the post-punk classic that defined a band and inspired a Hollywood movie

Its lyrics evoked vintage Scott Walker and posed the question of destiny vs. free will. More importantly, it didn't sound like U2

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“I did the intro to The Killing Moon without thinking. We went for a curry – and the engineer spotted that run and put it at the start”: How happy accidents, disastrous finances and an un-tuneable 12-string made Echo and the Bunnymen’s classic album

Sergeant might not be 100 percent happy with Ocean Rain but that doesn't stop it being a stone-cold classic with a killer lead single, whose influence we hear in generations of post-punk bands

Guitar World

“They explained about this movie called The Breakfast Club. They apparently had a song for us. We said: ‘No chance!’”: How Simple Minds went from punk to stadium rock, via an 80s Brat Pack classic

The epic story of Simple Minds, the Scottish rock band who conquered the world

Louder

"If I were stuck on a desert island, I wouldn’t take Never Mind The Bollocks, it'd be Meddle or Foxtrot." The prog roots of Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Seargent and Poltergeist

The story of Poltergeist's 2013 album Your Mind is a Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonder)

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"We'd play small islands on the west coast of Scotland rather than stadiums": Echo & The Bunnymen wouldn't play the game, but that didn't stop them from creating "the greatest song of all time"

Echo & The Bunnymen's Ocean Rain divided opinion upon release in 1984, but time has only deepened its supernatural beauty

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"He was one of the gang": Before he won three Oscars and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, one world-famous actor was a roadie for Echo & The Bunnymen

It's not unusual for roadies to become stars in their own right, but precious few end up becoming knights of the realm

Louder

Your friday night playlist curated by Echo & the Bunnymen

The Bunnymen are back in the bat cave with a slew of gigs as well as their latest memoir. Guitarist Will Sergeant curates this week’s Friday night playlist...

Evening Standard

The View's Kieren Webster takes mum along to TRNSMT

The View made it a family affair backstage at TRNSMT today.

Daily Record

"That whole guitar hero thing – it's just a load of crap, really": An interview with Echo and The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant

From the archive: Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant on economy, influences and why you should avoid “twiddling away like those knobheads you see in a guitar shop”

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Echo & The Bunnymen booed onto stage at Bristol's O2 Academy - but fans eventually rewarded

'It wasn't the warm Bristol welcome they expected'

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