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2[[caption-width-right:350:The band's classic lineup[[note]]From L-R: Pete de Freitas (drums), [=Ian McCulloch=] (vocals), Les Pattinson (bass), Will Sergeant (guitar)[[/note]]]]
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4->''"Bring on the dancing horses''\
5''Wherever they may roam''\
6''Shiver and say the words''\
7''Of every lie you've heard"''
8-->-- "Bring on the Dancing Horses"
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10Echo & the Bunnymen are a PostPunk[=/=]PsychedelicRock band from Liverpool, England. They were part of the Neo-Psychedelic scene in Liverpool before breaking out in TheEighties with popular albums and singles like ''Crocodiles'' and "The Cutter", reaching their peak in 1984 with the epic GothRock single "The Killing Moon" and album ''Ocean Rain''. Fallouts led singer Ian [=McCulloch=] to leave the group in 1988 to start a solo career, though, and despite a brief attempt to carry on with Irish singer Noel Burke the death of drummer Pete de Freitas in a motorcycle accident and the poor reception afforded the new lineup's sole album together saw the band apparently cease to be. However, in the mid-'90s [=McCulloch=] and guitarist Will Sergeant started working together again as a new act, Electrafixion, and in 1997 bassist Les Pattinson reunited with them too. At this point the three surviving Bunnymen were all together once more, so the band name was revived for the well-received 'comeback' album ''Evergreen'' and subsequent releases and tours. The band are currently still performing and recording, with their RevolvingDoorBand lineup always centered around [=McCulloch=] and Sergeant.
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12!!Studio Discography
13* ''Crocodiles'' (1980)
14* ''Heaven Up Here'' (1981)
15* ''Porcupine'' (1983)
16* ''Ocean Rain'' (1984)
17* ''Echo & the Bunnymen'' (1987)
18* ''Reverberation'' (1990)
19* ''Evergreen'' (1997)
20* ''What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?'' (1999)
21* ''Flowers'' (2001)
22* ''Siberia'' (2005)
23* ''The Fountain'' (2009)
24* ''Meteorites'' (2014)
25* ''The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon'' (2018)
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27!! Tropes to Learn and Sing:
28* AlternativeRock: Like many other PostPunk acts, the band were a major influence on the movement and eventually hopped on board as the 80's progressed.
29* ArtistAndTheBand: Ironically, the band doesn't have any member called Echo. It is rumored that the "Echo" was a reference to the drum machine they used before hiring Pete de Freitas as the band's drummer--though the group has denied this in interviews and insisted the band name is just a bunch of nonsense. Nevertheless, frontman Ian [=McCulloch=] himself has been [[IAmNotShazam mistakenly refered to as "Echo"]] many times.
30* TheBandMinusTheFace: ''Reverberation'' was recorded with Irish singer Noel Burke in place of Ian [=McCulloch=]. Its poor reception, due in part to [=McCulloch's=] replacement, led the band to dissolve again.
31* BookEnds: "Happy Death Men", the closing track of ''Crocodiles'', ends with a snippet from "Going Up", the album's opening track.
32* CallBack: ''Evergreen'''s album art mimics that of their first album, ''Crocodiles'', representing its status as the band's first release after their reunion.
33* CoverVersion: Two of Music/TheDoors: "People Are Strange" and "Ship of Fools"
34* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Heaven Up Here'' is bleaker and heavier than ''Crocodiles'', with its proto-GothRock sound and nightmarish lyrics.
35* TheEighties: Active during them, and the sound of "Killing Moon" in any T.V show or film is more or less shorthand for "This series takes place in the '80's, and is probably about goths or at least miserable people".
36* GothRock: One of the PostPunk forerunners with their darker work, particularly 1981's ''Heaven Up Here'' with its dark, nightmarish tone and tribal drumming, and 1984's ''Ocean Rain'' and its nighttime romanticism.
37* GreatestHitsAlbum: They have ''nine'' of these out, of which the first - 1985's ''Songs to Learn and Sing'' - is notable for the first release of their second major hit: "Bring on the Dancing Horses".
38* LooksLikeCesare: Ian and his wild, dark hair.
39* NewSoundAlbum: The SelfTitledAlbum marked the point where the band shed the last vestiges of PostPunk and fully embraced AlternativeRock, while still maintaining their psychedelic core.
40* NonIndicativeName: There's no one named Echo in the band. Urban legend had it that "Echo" was the name of the band's drum machine prior to gaining Pete de Freitas, but the band have denied this.
41** Will explained the actual meaning of the name.
42--> ''We had this mate who kept suggesting all these names like The Daz Men or Glisserol and the Fan Extractors. Echo and the Bunnymen was one of them. I thought it was just as stupid as the rest.''
43* OddballInTheSeries: ''Reverberation'', the band's only album without Ian among their lineup (being replaced by Northern Irish singer Noel Burke) and the most overtly psychedelic album they ever put out.
44* PerishingAltRockVoice: Ian's voice was a quivering wail until TheNoughties, when the years of smoking made it rougher and deeper.
45* PostPunk: {{Trope Codifier}}s of its darker side, alongside bands like Music/{{The Cure|Band}} and Music/JoyDivision.
46* PsychedelicRock: Part of the Liverpool Neo-Psychedelic scene alongside The Teardrop Explodes.
47* RearrangeTheSong: ''The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon'' consists almost entirely of orchestral re-recordings of the band's old hits, with two new songs thrown in for good measure.
48* RevolvingDoorBand: Since 1999, Ian and Will are the only constant band members.
49* SanitySlippage:
50** The subject of "Over the Wall"
51** Subverted in "Is This a Breakdown?"
52--->"I don't think so"
53* SelfTitledAlbum: Their 1987 album.
54* ShoutOut:
55** The music video for "Bring On the Dancing Horses" opens with a parody of the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer VanityPlate, featuring a cow that whinnies like a horse.
56** The silhouette of the band members grouped together in a tree shape on the back LP cover and disc label of the SelfTitledAlbum references a similar image on the back of Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn''.

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