Echo and the Bunnymen: Blinding the Audience for Art

In a desperate bid to look like we know what we are talking about, we have overhauled the format. This week, Andrew drags a bewildered Dr. Sam through 1980s Liverpool to discuss why a three time Oscar winner spent his youth hiding in a camouflage suit.

We are diving deep into:

The Scouse Trinity: Exploring the "Crucial Three".

Julian Cope's Fear of the Floor: Why he performed on step ladders because he felt the floor was too dangerous.

The Mysterious Drum Machine: The story behind the machine they called "Echo".

The Big Lie: How they admitted the drum machine story was just a way to mess with journalists.

"Caramelised Hair": The era of sugar-styling that attracted swarms of flies and smelled like a burnt bakery.

The Cosmic Gateway: The time Bill Drummond decided a manhole cover in Matthew Street was a cosmic gateway to Iceland.

It is peak 80s chaos, involving more sugar and camouflage netting than a primary school bake sale in a war zone.

Suggested Listening "The Killing Moon": The one Ian McCulloch insists was written by God, though it is actually the intro to Space Oddity played backwards.

"The Cutter": The band at the absolute peak of their 80s powers.

"People Are Strange": The Joel Schumacher and Lost Boys payday produced by Ray Manzarek of The Doors.