Episode 339 - Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen, Electrafixation, Poltergeist)

Turned Out A Punk

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

THE BUNNYMAN COMETH! Today on the show Damian is joined by THE LEGEND, WILL SERGEANT!!! Listen in as the two discuss the journey from proto to post punk & everything in between. From Status Quo being the English Ramones, to the Pink Fairies being too stoned to play, to the Liverpool punk scene being criminally overlooked, to the influence of Metal Urbain: this is NOT TO BE MISSED!

Also, don't forget to pre-order your copy of Will's new book "Bunnyman" out July 15th on Little Brown!

Also Touched On:

Sex Pistols played Liverpool first!

Hearing the Sex Pistols for the first time at a Dr. Feelgood gig

They tore down the Cavern: “Where did that band the Beatles used to play

The Liverpool Scene: True underground

The Curbies

Leaving a Pink Fairies show because they were too stoned

Twink

Liverpool Stadium

hearing the Ramones way before hearing about punk

Sharing music, building scenes

“Shut up about Tull and get into ‘em!”

Tubular Bells was a hippy record

“Virgin’s just cashing in on this punk thing.”

Forming Echo And Bunnymen

“A dedication to idleness”

Metal Urbain

Eno

Suicide: Gods in Liverpool

“Hey, Manchester!”

“We all loved the Fall”

A Certain Ratio

Going to Belgium

& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!

BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS

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2:18.1	Damien Abraham. Once again I'm going to bring you a conversation with someone who
2:21.2	grew up listening to Punk may or may not still be
2:23.3	involved with punk but had the life changed by the genre in a major way and today on the show
2:28.5	huge guest from the legends Echo and the Bunnyman and also the author of the brand new book
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