Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant on Post-Punk’s Early Days and Creating the Riff to "The Killing Moon"

<p>Will Sergeant sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about his autobiography, <a href="https://consequence.net/2021/06/primal-scream-bobby-gillespie-echo-and-the-bunnymen-will-sergeant-memoir/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Bunnyman</em></a>, which tells his story from childhood up until <a href="https://consequence.net/artist/echo-and-the-bunnymen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Echo &amp; The Bunnymen</a> began making their first full album.</p> <p>The guitarist discusses how WWII and the Cold War had a strong influence on his coming-of-age and the music that he would create, pop culture’s importance in the last century, and how artists create their own mythology.</p> <p>Sergeant also tells us about accidentally coming up with the riff to “The Killing Moon,” helping to create post-punk from punk, his distaste for the Echo &amp; The Bunnymen's most recent album, and his plans for two more books that would take fans through the band's breakthrough success.</p> <p>Listen to Will Sergeant discuss <em>Bunnyman</em>&nbsp;and more via the player above or watch the chat at <a href="https://consequence.net/2022/01/echo-and-the-bunnymen-will-sergeant-the-killing-mood-kyle-meredith/" target="_blank"><em>Consequence</em></a>. Also, make sure to like and subscribe to&nbsp;<a href="https://consequence.net/category/kyle-meredith-with/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Kyle Meredith With…</em></a> wherever you get your podcasts, and&nbsp;follow the&nbsp;<a href="https://consequence.net/category/consequence-podcast-network/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Consequence Podcast Network</a>&nbsp;for updates on all our sh</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>