"The chorus … we were in rehearsal, and I was singin' in this low voice, got knowing what bloody hell was going on, whether what I was doing was right, and I just started singin', tongue-in-cheek to meself, 'Jimbo Jimbo Jimbo,' meaning Jim Morrison … and the other three are diggin' it 'cos I'm givin' it moody croonin', and I'm thinkin' I'm just doing bad imitation of Jim Morrison. And then it became 'Zimbo'and everyone went 'That's great, that! What're ya singin' Ian?'… read more
"The chorus … we were in rehearsal, and I was singin' in this low voice, got knowing what bloody hell was going on, whether what I wa… read more
"The chorus … we were in rehearsal, and I was singin' in this low voice, got knowing what bloody hell was going on, whether what I was doing was right, and I just started… read more
Echo & the Bunnymen is a British Post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch (of The Crucial Three), Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was completed by a drum machine known as "Echo". By the time of their debut album, 1980's Crocodiles - a moderate UK hit - the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas. Their next, the critically-acclaimed Heaven Up Here, reached the Top Ten in 1981, as did 1983's Porcupine and '84's Ocean Rain. Singl… read more