Ian Mcculloch

  • 09 June 2004

Occupation

Musician

Get Back Review

Good

Roger Appleton's documentary 'Get Back' looks into the music scene that come out of Liverpool. It tries to be broad in its historic documentation as it starts before The Beatles became a worldwide success and even pushes inside to The Cavern Club before it became a Rock N Roll club.

Before the club gained its legendary status it was actually a Jazz and skittle club and was forced to move with the times and started putting on Rock N Roll bands.

The Cavern Club wasn't the only venue that saw The Beatles play in the early days, they also played at The Casbah Coffee Club which is where, it is alleged in this documentary, that things really began for The Beatles - in fact, the four-piece band (known at the time as The Quarrymen) actually helped paint the walls with various decorative drawings.

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Arcade Fire Cover The Smiths, Echo And The Bunnymen At Earl's Court Show

By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 June 2014

Arcade Fire The Smiths Echo And The Bunnymen Ian Mcculloch

Arcade Fire covered The Smiths and were joined by Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch at Earl's Court.

Arcade Fire treated fans to a cover of London by The Smiths and Echo And The Bunnymen's classic track The Cutter during their second show at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London on Sunday (June 8, 2014).

Image caption Arcade Fire covered The Smiths at Earl's Court

London, the B-side to 1987's Shoplifters of the World Unite, featured Will Butler on vocals and was a solid, hard-driving rendition of the Smiths favourite. The Cutter was less of a cover, given the band were joined on-stage by Echo frontman Ian Mcculloch.

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Echo & The Bunnymen and Ian Mcculloch - Cornbury Music Festival 2013 held at the Great Tew Estate - Day 2 - Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Saturday 6th July 2013