Product Description

The story of the life and career of Ian McCulloch, lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen. The biography examines his solo career and his two critically acclaimed solo albums, his battle to overcome drink and drugs, his nervous breakdown, and the return of Echo and the Bunnymen in 1997.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #724174 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From the Publisher
A feast of rock ¿n¿ roll hedonism...
Ian McCulloch was born with the gift of a golden voice. He was the Bowie freak who dreamed of rock stardom and found it as the outspoken leader of Echo And The Bunnymen, arguably the most brilliant and bewildering band in recent pop history.

Forming at the epicentre of the flamboyant Liverpool punk scene, The Bunnymen’s reputation was built on a series of classic and increasingly grandiose albums, topped by McCulloch’s surreal lyricism and the outlandish scams of their anarchic manager, Bill Drummond.

The Bunnymen always strived to produce the unexpected, and for ten years it was a feast of rock ‘n’ roll hedonism. Then, as McCulloch’s self-confessed ego became increasingly bloated, the band imploded shortly before the untimely death of drummer Pete De Freitas.

Against the odds, despite McCulloch’s under-achieving solo career, a ludicrous attempt to keep the band alive without him and an alarming false start with Electrafixion, Echo And The Bunnymen were to return triumphantly in the late nineties as unlikely godfathers to an entire generation of post-Britpop contenders.

Here, for the first time, is the full story of Ian McCulloch, from dreamy Scouser to the King of Cool...

Mick Middles is a Merseyside based journalist, who since 1976 has been immersed in the music scene of the North-west. He has also written biographies of Shaun Ryder, Oasis, The Smiths and the official Factory Records history.

Customer Reviews

A great Bunnymen Bio, but not enough personal insight on Mac
This book tells the story of Echo and the Bunnymen, but tells practically nothing about Ian McCulloch's life. It skips over his solo career in about 8 pages, mentions the fact he got married in passing without even mentioning that he had even had a girlfriend before, and only just manages to mention that he has a daughter ! It is littered with opinionated music criticism and the author's wish to name drop and claim to have been there from the beginning. It is great as a Bunnymen bio, if you have not heard the stories before, but otherwise just an amusing read... not a special life story, which I'm sure it could have been.