Echo and The Bunnymen

On this day in 1983 we released the single The Cutter.

Join Ian McCulloch, as he shares his admiration for fellow Liverpudlians, The Beatles. Hear him reveal a cheeky white lie he told about the Fab Four before taking the stage at a historic Crystal Day gig.

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IAN McCULLOCH and RODDY FRAME perform THE KILLING MOON on Spanish TV. "It was a lovely thing, that week of touring; I was to play four dates in Spain and Roddy was doing photographs for his single 'Spanish Horses'," said Ian McCulloch in 1994. "It was 1993; he phoned me up about a week before and said: "Hey, I'm in Barcelona at the same time you're playing - any chance of opening for you, just me and a guitar?" I said, "You can do all four dates, just fix it with your manager." It was the perfect week, beautiful." "We had to perform on a TV programme in Barcelona and hadn't slept the night before. We drank a lot of bevvy - everyone's mini bar. We were jumping into the crew's rooms to get their mini bottles of champagne. It's not that we're champagne drinkers but... well, it was Barcelona. We were just bladdered but we were up at 8 o'clock in the morning to do the show." "When we ended up at the TV station, Roddy was like, "Oh man... I can't do this." I started playing the rhythm for 'Killing Moon' and he was going, "That's great, that's the groove, man." We were just cabbaged." "He thinks of me as an older brother or something - hopefully not his dad, more some kind of older bad brother. Because a few years ago I led him astray, bad style. He was finished after two gigs. Dr. Roberto was called to the Madrid hotel at one o'clock in the morning. Roddy was history."

I love this poster! I’ve never been able to find a high-quality copy to add to the Bunnymen museum.

'Stars Are Stars' A Crystal Day 12th May 1984.

25/03/24 Brilliant 📷 John Johnson

Echo & The Bunnymen have graced some truly iconic stages—Buxton Pavilion, St George’s Hall Liverpool, Anfield Stadium, the Royal Albert Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and even the West Coast Scottish Islands, to name just a few. If you could choose anywhere in the world for their next show, where would it be? (And no, your front room doesn’t count!)

Which of you used to wear moccasins due to Mac? I did, bloody freezing in winter. 📷 (Photo by Janette Beckman/Getty Images)