ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 BY DAVE We’ve all seen the old guys with toupees bombing along in convertible sports cars, rap music blaring for all to hear trying so desperately to defy time. Thankfully that’s not The Stranglers. If not the best of the myriad British punk bands of the 1970s, The Stranglers certainly are the most resilient. “We’re a […]
Posted June 14, 2020 by vintagerock This is an update of an earlier post, thanks to Mark the promoter, who sent me more details of the first three punk gigs in Newcastle. This was the second gig of the three, the first being the Vibrators and the last being Penetration; both of which I have […]
Posted February 23, 2022 by vintagerock Well here I am. Back at the City Hall with The Stranglers. So many memories. Happy days again, yet tinged with mixed emotions, some of elation, some of sadness. So many different perspectives: the venue, the band, myself, family. I will explain each of these below. The Venue. Newcastle City […]
ON OCTOBER 4, 2020 BY DAVE Today we remember a song released this day in 1984. Is it dark new wave or punk sunny-side up or merely a very cool pop song? Whatever the definition, The Stranglers‘ “Skin Deep” was one of the best examples of Brit keyboard-based music of the ’80s. The Stranglers had by that time been around for a […]
By admin Posted on 18th April 2022 Hugh Cornwell returns with his sensational and highly anticipated tenth solo album Moments of Madness with ten outstanding tracks that are set to stun. The album is released on Friday October 7, 2022. Stream and download new song Red Rose at https://lnk.to/HC-RedRose To dovetail with the new album, Hugh will embark on a 21-date nationwide UK tour from November 4 to December […]
News Blog by Jack Semmence The Stranglers achieve their best chart position in 38 years We are thrilled to report that one of the great British bands, The Stranglers, enter at #4 on the UK Official Albums Chart with their brand-new album, Dark Matters. Making this their highest UK chart position for a studio album in 38 years, […]
“’This Song’ is proof, if it was ever really needed, that the Stranglers can record a love song.” – JJ Burnel Out today, the music video for the Stranglers latest track ‘This Song’, featuring the legendary England International football player, manager and longtime Stranglers fan, Stuart Pearce. It’s the latest insight into up-coming album Dark Matters, due for release on […]
by Ed BiggsDecember 23, 2017 Whenever people think of punk, the first (often only) image that leaps to mind is three chords, safety pins, leather and gobbing. Unsurprising, perhaps, given the state of the alarmist headlines of Britain’s tabloids throughout 1977 following the Sex Pistols’ now-legendary NSFW appearance on journalist Bill Grundy’s TV show. It seems unbelievable […]
Future Tense (2020) An old-school noir crime novel set in a futuristic world of sentient robots, self-driving cars and drugs to die for. It is a future that is recognizable from our present and not too far away. Amidst pollution, apocalyptic climatic disasters and draconian new laws, the government has decided to get tough on […]
Tanyel MustafaMonday 1 Aug 2022 Sounds creepy (Picture: SWNS) For those who love a ghost story, there’s a pub in Canterbury worth visiting. A landlord says a spectre is haunting his historic pub. Jeremy Stirling, 62, who runs the Maiden’s Head in Canterbury, says spooky events have taken place in the converted attic, leaving visitors ‘freaked […]
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