Back in the mists of time in the late 1970’s emerged Echo And The Bunnymen, this was an era defined by the UK’s Winter Of Discontent which was a time of political divide, civil unrest, problems within the haulage industry and a Prime Minister who went on holiday during a time of political crisis. For some reason I can’t quite put my finger on, right now seems like the perfect time to revisit the formative years of a band whose first four albums, 1980’s Crocodiles, 1981’s Heaven Up Here, 1983’s Porcupine and 1984’s Ocean Rain, have been freshly reissued on vinyl. Echo And The Bunnymen were formed in Liverpool in 1978 with Ian McCulloch on vocals and rhythm guitar, Will Sergeant on lead guitar and Les Pattinson on bass, who were soon joined by the late ...