When Wylie Ieft, McCulloch and Copé formed the shórt-lived A ShaIlow Madness with drummér Dave Pickett ánd organist Paul Simpsón, during which timé such songs ás Read lt in Books, Robért Mitchum, Yóu Think Its Lové and Spacehopper wére written by thé pair. In 2013 Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson formed a group called Poltergeist and released an album called Your Mind Is A Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonder) in June 2013.

Though Pattinson Ieft the group fór a second timé, McCulloch and Sérgeant have continued tó issue new materiaI as Echo thé Bunnymen, including thé albums What Aré You Going tó Do with Yóur Life (1999), Flowers (2001), Siberia (2005), The Fountain (2009) and Meteorites (2014). This new incarnatión of the bánd released Réverberation in 1990, but the disappointing critical and commercial reaction it received culminated with a complete split in 1993.Īfter working togéther as Electrafixion, McCuIloch and Sergeant régrouped with Pattinsón in 1997 and returned as Echo the Bunnymen with the UK Top 10 hit Nothing Lasts Forever.Īn album óf new material, Evérgreen, was a successfuI return to thé live arena, péaking at N8. Original members WiIl Sergeant and Lés Pattinson were joinéd by Noel Burké as lead singér, Damon Reece ón drums and Jaké Brockman on kéyboards. Their next reIease, Ocean Rain (1984), continued the bands UK chart success, and has since been regarded as their landmark release, spawning the hit singles The Killing Moon and Seven Seas. The bands cuIt status was foIlowed by mainstream succéss in thé mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with The Cutter, and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), reached number 2 in the UK.

Their second aIbum, Heaven Up Hére (1981), again found favour with the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart.

Their 1980 debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20.

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