Echo & The Bunnymen’s lead singer is Ian McCulloch, who was originally in a band called Crucial Three with Pete Wylie and Julian Cope. Julian Cope was part of The Teardrop Explodes, who are mentioned in the song I Can’t Get ‘Bouncing Babies’ by The Teardrop Explodes by The Freshies…
21 June 2013 16:17 update: corrected convoluted link thanks to Tony in the comments.
Hi Ken,
Minor correction – the Teardrop Explodes track is “Bouncing Babies”, The Freshies didn’t cover that, but had a song called “I Can’t Get ‘Bouncing Babies’ by The Teardrop Explodes”.
Thanks, Tony. I have to admit I was starting to lose the thread of the link by then!