Echo & The Bunnymen (Videos & Interview) 

thank you whoever put this up - because of you I've been able to hear my dad's voice for the first time (well that I can remember anyway). I am truly grateful.

Thanks for your comments, I rarely hear bad things about him, it's nice to know I'm the legacy of such a kind and talented man!

Your Dad was one of the most underrated and brilliant drummers of all time. He was/is my drumming hero. He's the reason I started drumming! R.I.P. Pete.

Thanks for your message sorry for the late response, I don't use youtube often... I was 9 months so I didn't know him at all, but it's nice to have opinions of him from outside the family, learn how other people viewed him (without the biased family love in the way!)

Pete de Freitas was a portuguese descendent, born in Trinidad and Tobago and an important composer of the group. RIP

My favorite drummer growing up as a kid. I wanted to be him. Your dad is sorely missed, Lucie. God Bless you!

the best band in the world absolutely my word RIP PETE MY FRIEND.

The Bunnymen haven’t been the same since Pete left this world. His drumming was perfect for Ian’s voice and Will’s guitar. Great great drummer. We all miss him dearly.

Got one of Petes drumsticks from the York festival in 84. battered and bruised but my most preized possesion. RIP Pete.

wow RIP uncle pete...glad you got to see this luce!x

I met him in the small pub next to the Hammersmith Palais back in about 1983 just before a gig. He was leaning up against the bar and just had to say hello to him. He was the reason I loved the Bunnymen, totally in ore (?) of him. After shaking his hand I felt I had met my God. He was very polite and happy to talk to fans Rest in Peace Pete, always remembered

Great drummer PETER DE FREITAS!

R.I.P. Pete.

Great men in a fragmented fragment. Precious stuff. Pete and Mac were core 80's icons for me.

Lucie de freitas,I met your dad many times back in the day mainly in the everyman theatre although I never got to know him that well he was a lovely/intelligent guy and in my opinion by far the coolest dude around,he always looked cool,he will be hanging around upstairs with Lee Marvin,Marlon Brandon,Sinatra Elvis ,well you get my drift,r.i.p. Pete.

In the early 80's i had the pleasure of meeting Pete outside the odeon in birmingham..He wanted to know where Boots was (i dont know why?)...I said i had to go there as well? So we both went across to boots and spent half hour talking about the band? An absolute great guy..Got a free ticket to that nights gig as well as meeting the band and getting my "Never stop" single signed....R.I.P Pete...

Thanks mate. Pete was the Steve McQueen of the percusion world: oozed class, power, was broody - but nothing false about him. 100% the right man for the job. Compare that with today`s "indie" drummers: doing that silly huge air inhale before they strike the drums. All show and false emotion. And nothing like the heights which Pete, as a drummer, existed on. Took the superbike, with care, to the Japanese mountains today. "Porcupine" country. Pete was up there somewhere, in the cumulus.

Lucie, saw your dad and the other Bunnymen at the Bismarck Theatre in Chicago, '84. He was placed downstage (up front) alongside the other three. All four lined up front. Tremendous! He could make those drummers sound like an army invading the heart and mind.

Best Band In The World Then And still could be Now. Ian Great Voice.

Pete, rest in peace, we won't forget you

for the longest time, my experience of echo, was listening to the records. Seeing all the live performances was mind blowing. The performances are unreal visually. Seeing Pete play as he did, the entire group. All the live with or without visual are amazing.

Great men in a fragmented fragment. Precious stuff.

And these two were cleverer than all of them.

RIP Pete. Seems like yesterday in 1989 I was at Irvine Meadows in CA when I heard the news. First words out of Bernard Summer’s mouth when I told him ‘Yer joking?’ Sad day.

Bubblevision I'm so sorry I didn't reply to this I rarely actually login to my youtube account but thank you for your message, very sweet of you!

Thanks enormously for posting. I have been looking for an interview with Pete forever. Never thought I would actually be able, ever, to hear the great man speak. Far less well-spoken than I expected. "That Was A Pleasure." Cheers.

miss lucie, i'm from chicago seen your daddy in(1984) great drummer nice dude

It was a pleasure

I'm just reading his story in an old Mojo magazine. He's got great personality. I'd love to find out more about him.

Thanks.

@ 1:15 Ian sounds like he's being cocky, but it's so true! He's a million times more clever than those loser critics who don't actually produce or create anything, but just smugly pass judgment on those who do. Regardless of what the critics might say, I recognize genius when I see it.

There was me living in Japan, thinking of Pete. In the mountains. On a Honda 750, in the mountain. Tis Pete.

My pleasure. Too bad that the uploader closed their account. I'm afraid I can't really remember what the show was now :(

pete would have been so scorching hot at 50, august 2nd. guaranteed. he is and always will be a giant of the music world . ask stephen morris of new order . ask anyone who saw this fabulous ,phenomenal drummer, every concert ,every song. at glastonbury 1985 they headlined, the galaxy has never been the same . love for peter forever

@bunnEgirl Strange how Ian singing is extremely clear but you can barely understand him when he speaks. Meanwhile Pete is speaking the Queen's English, very precise clear accent. Either that ... or Ian is just drunk.

@luciemdefreitas Lucie, there was a new video posted today that includes a few seconds of your dad talking. See watch?v=w7VJfDOvLno at 03:36. Maybe you can contact the uploader and see if they have the whole show. There is probably more of him in it. I saw your dad play. He was a great drummer!

@luciemdefreitas . Hi, wow,touched to see your mssg. - I met your dad in 1984 - he was nice not to mention very talented. I was sad when I heard he died. How old were you then? shame you didn't get to know him - gone way too soon.

Does Mac speak English?

I`m clever" - aye.

Someone PLEASE TELL ME what music video is at 3:01

is that Pat Fish if Jazz Butcher fame doing interview??

@transonicbuoy1 Well said mate.

Why young people dies early in this world? 🙁🙁🙁

Terribly sad Pete is no loger around. The 4 of them WERE the band. 😢

anybody got footage of the Sex Gods, the one-off band by Pete and some crazy roadies? I think they played at the Grey Whistle Test, maybe?

@bookwormgal1996 Plus he says "cleverer" lmfaooo

0:32 Pete de Freitas cool drummer early Echo and the Bunnymen R.I.P Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

@jabberwocky1969 Lol I really think Ian's drunk in this particular interview. He sounds all deranged and slurred and I can't understand a word he says. In other interviews I can perfectly understand him, but if you try really hard and listen carefully you can sort of get what he's saying in this one.