From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V4 #378 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Friday, September 9 2005 Volume 04 : Number 378 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:45:01 +1200 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: Re: seven-seas bunnymen line-ups (Blair Cunningham) rossnteka@aol.com writes: > When they played Irvine Meadows in So Cal that tour, I don't know if they were joking, but Mac, Will and maybe even Les all threw something at him after the final encore. > I vaguely remember reading about this somewhere .... It may be in the Fletcher book. Apparently, poor Mr. Cunningham was in the habit of throwing his sweat-soaked towel into the audience after the show, and the others considered this un-Bunny behavior. - K :) ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:24:30 +1200 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: seven-seas billboard.com/ http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001095 914 Echo & The Bunnymen Emerge From 'Siberia' By Steve Adams, London Some 26 years into their career, legendary U.K. rock act Echo & the Bunnymen are still going strong on their new album, "Siberia" (Cooking Vinyl). Since its Sept. 5 U.K. release, the set has been rolling out globally through regional distributors. It will arrive Sept. 20 in the United States on Cooking Vinyl USA. Lead singer Ian McCulloch believes longtime fans are likely to be especially pleased with the 11-track album, which is highlighted by the jangling, nostalgic opener "Stormy Weather," the self-searching, strident "Parthenon Drive" and the classic Bunnymen rocker "Sideways Eight." The video for "Stormy Weather" can be viewed on the band's official Web site. "The band we've got around us now are the closest to the old Bunnymen we've ever had," he tells Billboard. "Not that we've intentionally set out to capture the past in any way. We've tried to be a little less structured in the songwriting, but not forgetting the importance of a good song. We've got the balance here, I think." The recruitment of producer Hugh Jones is also a nod to the band's past -- he last worked with the act on 1981's sophomore set, "Heaven Up Here." "Having Hugh on board has been great -- it's as if he's a sort of glue fitting everything together," says guitarist Will Sergeant. "We haven't had that luxury for a while, because we've produced ourselves the last few times." McCulloch and company kick off a 15-date U.K. and European tour Oct. 22 in Nottingham, England, followed by 16 North American dates beginning Nov. 18 in Washington, D.C. The label says live work will continue through summer 2006. ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:28:15 -0400 From: Brian Andersen Subject: Re: seven-seas bunnymen line-ups (Blair Cunningham) Mac also refered to Pete's beard as un-Bunnymen-like as I recall On 9/9/05, Kristin Smith wrote: > > rossnteka@aol.com writes: > > > When they played Irvine Meadows in So Cal that tour, I don't know if > they were joking, but Mac, Will and maybe even Les all threw something at > him after the final encore. > > > I vaguely remember reading about this somewhere .... It may be in the > Fletcher book. > Apparently, poor Mr. Cunningham was in the habit of throwing his > sweat-soaked towel into the audience after the show, and the others > considered this un-Bunny behavior. > > - K :) > > > > ===================================================================== > Bunnymen Online Presence: > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > * > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > * > http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > * > http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 > * > > ====================================================================== > > - -- - -Brian Andersen bandersen65@gmail.com ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:12:52 +1200 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: Re: seven-seas bunnymen line-ups (Blair Cunningham) Brian Andersen writes: > Mac also refered to Pete's beard as un-Bunnymen-like as I recall > And there was the shaved head episode .... :) ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:09:05 +1200 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: seven-seas musicfolio.com http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/echoandthebunnymen.html#siberia 2005: Siberia Four years after the release of 'Flowers', McCulloch and Sergeant, aided by Bassist Pete Wilkinson and drummer Simon Finley, are back with their tenth studio album 'Siberia'. The band teamed up again with Hugh Jones, producer of their second (and darkest) album 'Heaven Up Here'; Jones has also worked with the likes of Simple Minds, and Status Quo. Never before have the Bunnymen produced a record that grabs you by the collar and shakes you like 'Siberia' does. Ian McCulloch's voice is as confident as it ever was, and Sergeant's signature swirling guitars never sounded so crisp and clear. Twenty seven years after their inception, the Bunnymen sound as relevant today as they were in the early 80s, and with the post-punk movement revived with likes of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, and Interpol, Echo & the Bunnymen's output is more pertinent to the revival then any of the aforementioned newcomers. The opener, Stormy Weather, is the first single to precede the album. But 'Siberia' includes no less then a handful of other potential singles like the fabulous All Because of You Days, the passionate In The Margins, the classic Everything Kills You, the catchy progressive title track (reminiscent of the Banshees), or the dark rocking Scissors in the Sand. This is Echo & the Bunnymen's quintessential album, a jewel for a new generation to discover. -- DJ Avalanche, musicfolio.com, 9/05 ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V4 #378 ********************************