William Alfred "Will" Sergeant (born 12 April 1958, Melling) is an English guitarist, best known for being a member of Echo & the Bunnymen. Born in the centre of Liverpool, he grew up in the village of Melling and attended nearby Deyes High School. He is the group's only constant member.
Everybody used to go and watch everybody else, but it was generally to slag them off. That was kind of normal. Liverpool had a very bitchy vibe then. We didn't like The Smiths, we hated them. We thought we were the best and nobody else was worth worrying about.
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When I sit around the house, I don't play The Clash, really, or anybody like that. I'm more likely to throw on some prog, honestly. It's just more interesting!
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Back then, you had to toe the line. I'd chime in with the odd "I like Jethro Tull," and everyone would be like, "God, no!" But Tull were different, because everyone was all doing blues stuff and lame boogie-woogie, right? And then they have a tune like 'Song for Jeffrey,' and it's all Beefheart! They were big Beefheart fans, and you can see that, they took that sort of bluesy thing and made it freaky, which I loved.
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I loved interesting and complex stuff, like Yes, and especially early Genesis, their stuff with Peter Gabriel. Like that tune "Supper's Ready", especially, that song is complex and wonderful.
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I don't sit around and listen to punk too much, really. But I will play a record like Meddle. If I had to pick a desert-island disc, it would be something like that record, really! (On Meddle by Pink Floyd)
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I've been really digging Tubular Bells in the last few weeks. It's like so uncool, but I don't care! I loved it then, and I love it now. (On Mike Oldfield)
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Back when the band got big, you couldn't say, 'I'm into Emerson Lake & Palmer,' you'd be laughed off the front pages of NME. But you could still like Kraftwerk, who sort of spawned everything: rave, prog, etc. It was okay to like them if you were a punk, if you were a Bowie fan, all that stuff, you could like 'em. They were and are one of my favorites.
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Touring England with Echo & the Bunnymen. [February 2002]
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Starter for 10
2006
writer: "Do It Clean" - as William Sergeant
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005
Video documentary writer: "The Game", "Seven Seas"
Feed
2005
writer: "Lips Like Sugar" - as William Sergeant
The Girl Next Door
2004
writer: "THE KILLING MOON"
50 First Dates
2004
writer: "Lips Like Sugar" - as William Sergeant
S.P.U.N.G
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2004 music - 1 episode, 2004
Me Without You
2001
writer: "The Cutter" 1983 - as William Sergeant
Donnie Darko
2001
writer: "The Killing Moon"
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2000
writer: "Lips like Sugar" - as Sergeant
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
writer: "Nothing Lasts Forever"
Heart
1999
writer: "Nothing Lasts Forever"
Gia
1998
TV Movie writer: "The Killing Moon" - as William Alfred Sergeant
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
writer: "The Killing Moon"
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
TV Movie writer: "Never"
Pretty in Pink
1986
"Bring On The Dancing Horses"
Urgh! A Music War
1981
Documentary writer: "The Puppet"
Scream Queens
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Stranger Things
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
writer: "Bring on the Dancing Horses" - as William Sergeant
Vi är bäst!
2013
writer: "Villiers Terrace"
The Americans
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
We Bought a Zoo
2011
writer: "Do It Clean" - as William Sergeant
Poppies
2011
Video writer: "Gone, Gone, Gone" - as William Sergeant
So You Think You Can Dance
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
writer: "Bring on the Dancing Horses" - as William Sergeant
Ashes to Ashes
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Awaydays
2009
writer: "Going Up", "All That Jazz"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Get Back
2015/I
Documentary
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2006
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005
Video documentary
Himself (segments "Seven Seas" and "The Game") (as Echo & the Bunnymen)
$600,000
