I moved to California in the mid 80's and was instantly flooded by waves of music that I never knew existed--couched as I was in Radio Free Utah. Echo, along with The Smiths and The Cure, were part of the new British triumvirate that I fell in love with. Of the big three Echo was my favorite. Ian McCulloch is definitely the most amazingly natural frontman that I've ever had the pleasure of seeing live. A more hypnotic presence than Morrissey and Robert Smith, even though those two have gone on to greater renown.

Throughout the major shifts of public favor, from Rap to Grunge and beyond, Mac and the Bunnymen have stuck to their original vision and have continued to produce an amazingly consistent body of work. Flowers continues this tradition with an album that would have sounded just as at home in '84 as it does to me now 17 years closer to my grave.