Pete de Freitas

In the mid-to-late 1980s, lots of bands popped up that sounded like Echo & the Bunnymen. Read More

Creation Records' Alan McGee is quoted as saying, "Liverpool in the '80s was like Hollywood to me. The Wild Swans were part of the greatness of that city."Read More

After the second song ("Stars Are Stars") started, that dispensed with the uncertainty of whether the UK or US version of their debut record was to be performed (UK, natch, though they did perform "Do It Clean" in the encore, and for unknown reasons "Read It In Books", the B-side of their debut single, was also played during the regular set). Read More