Echo And The Bunnymen in general

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... will to live (or certainly to listen to any more Echo). I bought Flowers on Saturday, just hours before the gig, and after playing it, I nearly didn't turn up. As we stood waiting for the band to take to the stage, I was secretly scheming to shout "Faster, Louder!" between each song. I was expecting the typical "We know you want to hear the old stuff, but here's yet another song of our inferior new album!" treatment. How wrong could I have been? They took to the stage and played "Resc...more

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Echo And The Bunnymen in general: My fave gig of the last 12 years! (508 words)
by - written on 28/05/01 (Very useful, 31 readings)
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On Saturday the 26th I saw Echo and the Bunnymen at Sheffield's Leadmill. I wasn't expecting much! I'm not one of these full-time nostagia merchants, in fact I tend to avoid reformed bands, no matter how much I loved them first time round. I made an exception for the Pistols and the Velvets, but the Buzzcocks and Bauhaus failed to tempt. Oh, and I saw the Bangles last year in San Fran, and they rocked, but that's for another op. EATB though, I could not resist, I went to V97 for them, and they were so-so. But great to see again after all that time. Like when Star Trek the Motion Picture came out - it was shit, but it was so good to see ... Read the complete review

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