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ISBN-10: 1734842288
ISBN-13: 9781734842289
Publisher: Third Man Books
Publish Date: 01/11/2022
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 1.00" H

Bunnyman: Post-War Kid to Post-Punk Guitarist of Echo and the Bunnymen

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Price: $19.95

Overview

Will Sergeant is a founding member of seminal post-punk band Echo and the Bunnymen. If songs like “Bring on the Dancing Horses” and “Lips like Sugar” do not ring a bell, Echo and the Bunnymen are all over the soundtrack of television show Stranger Things. The band also featured in the classic movie Lost Boys, including a cover version of The Doors’ People are Strange with Doors member Ray Manzarek on keyboards. This book is the first time Sergeant has told his story. It begins with his childhood and concludes when Echo and the Bunnymen sign their first major record deal. His writing is filled with humor, eccentricity, social and musical history, and provides a detailed glimpse not only into the birth of the legendary post-punk band, but also post-WWII England, the effects of Thatcher-ism, English rock, the beginnings of punk rock, and the coming of age story of a true multi-media artist.

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Will Sergeant is a true original. - Robert Smith

Will Sergeant helped me understand how to translate a psychedelic vision to rhythm and melody. Thrilled to read this! - Flea.

Will Sergeant is one of those people that music fans know is just great. - Johnny Marr

Will Sergeant will always be the perfect guitarist for the perfect band; no more, and no less. - Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins

Any great guitar band needed to have a Will Sergeant. The charismatic front man with his words and voice is all well and good but...without the blackness of the night the moon would not be killing. Will Sergeant was that blackness. He was also the confrontation, the no compromise, the purity of purpose, the beauty of simplicity. He was also always there, up at dawn to capture the first light coming in from the East. - Bill Drummond, The KLF


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Details

ISBN-10: 1734842288
ISBN-13: 9781734842289
Publisher: Third Man Books
Publish Date: 01/11/2022
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 1.00" H
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