The Liverpool band Echo and the Bunnymen were formed out of a vibrant local music scene that centered on Eric's, a club that opened in the heady years of mid-1970s punk a few doors down from the site of the famed Cavern Club. The band's front man, Ian McCulloch, had been introduced to rock via an obsession with David Bowie, finding like-minded souls in future Liverpool scene-makers Julian Cope, founder of The Teardrop Explodes, and Pete Wylie, who would go on to helm Wah! Heat. In TURQOUISE DAYS, author and longtime Bunnymen fan Chris Adams traces the band's career with the aid of quotes from band members and associates, recalling major events from the development of such classic band releases as "The Killing Moon" and "The Cutter" to the tragic death of drummer Peter De Freitas in a motorcycle accident. In a rapid succession of short, incisive chapters, a picture emerges of a consummate pop group, initially unified in its mission to become "the Best Band in the World," which, though it never quite achieved its full potential, produced some stellar rock moments in the process.

The Liverpool band Echo and the Bunnymen were formed out of a vibrant local music scene that centered on Eric's, a club that opened in the heady years of mid-1970s punk a few doors down from the site of the famed Cavern Club. The band's front man, Ian McCulloch, had been introduced to rock via an obsession with David Bowie, finding like-minded souls in future Liverpool scene-makers Julian Cope, founder of The Teardrop Explodes, and Pete Wylie, who would go on to helm Wah! Heat. In TURQOUISE DAYS, author and longtime Bunnymen fan Chris Adams traces the band's career with the aid of quotes from band members and associates, recalling major events from the development of such classic band releases as "The Killing Moon" and "The Cutter" to the tragic death of drummer Peter De Freitas in a motorcycle accident. In a rapid succession of short, incisive chapters, a picture emerges of a consummate pop group, initially unified in its mission to become "the Best Band in the World," which, though it never quite achieved its full potential, produced some stellar rock moments in the process.

This posthumously published collection compiles a number of short writings by Adams, some fiction and some nonfiction, along with the title piece, an unfinished version of the the otherwise unpublished third volume in the Dirk Gently series.

This posthumously published collection compiles a number of short writings by Adams, some fiction and some nonfiction, along with the title piece, an unfinished version of the the otherwise unpublished third volume in the Dirk Gently series.