Echo & The Bunnymen - Bedbugs And Ballyhoo

What this video is

Released in 1987, 'Bedbugs and Ballyhoo' arrived during a pivotal moment for Echo & the Bunnymen, whose self-titled album became their best-performing US release, reaching #51 on the Billboard Top 200. The single was the third lifted from that LP and was released on WEA Records in the UK and Sire Records in the US. The track featured guest keyboards by Ray Manzarek of The Doors, signalling the band's ambitions…

Why it matters

Represents a key artefact of British post-punk's late commercial phase, where the atmospheric darkness of the early 1980s Liverpool scene met mainstream alternative production values. Corbijn's visual language, combined with the band's sonic evolution, makes this video a bridge text between the…

The director

Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn (born 20 May 1955, Strijen, Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and feature film director. One of the first still photographers to transition into music video direction (c. 1983), he has directed…