https://www.punktuationmag.com By Roger Kasper April 18, 2024 Roger Kasper writes a love letter to this oft-underrated album.. It’s the most maligned Stranglers album. No-one has a good word to say about. Every fortnight someone will start a post on a Facebook forum referring to the best/worst long player. And guess which album doesn’t come in at Number One. Yes, […]
https://www.punktuationmag.com By Roger Kasper March 23, 2024 Two sets plus encores equally delighted both hardcore Stranglers fans and casual gig-goers Punktuation’s Roger Kasper joined photographer Ruth Rae at The Stranglers Fifty Years In Black gig at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Wednesday 20 March, 2024 – here’s his review of the evening: “I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a fucking great […]
24 April 2024, 14:52 Tony Visconti recreates the cover of Ziggy Stardust in February 2007. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire/Alamy The legendary record producer turns 80 on 24th April 2024 – here are some of his greatest works and collaborations. Anthony Edward Visconti was born in New York on 24th April 1944, where he pursued a career as […]
Whatever happened to all the heroes?All the Shakespearoes?They watched their Rome burn. 50 years. This was my 23rd outing seeing The Stranglers and like every time for the past ten, I wonder if it will be my last. Sure, they’ve survived and thrived since the departure of Hugh Cornwell 34 years ago. And that’s a statement to their longevity itself, […]
By Rob Hughes ( Classic Rock ) (Image credit: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo) The ultimate gang of punk outriders, The Stranglers never bothered to endear themselves to the mainstream public or the music press. Early gigs often saw mass walkouts and punch-ups. In 1975, two years before their debut single, Melody Maker sneered that “the only […]
Words: Michael Prince Photos: Michael Prince Saturday 30 March 2024 Known as “The Old Men Of Punk” The Strangers transcended the genre’s limitations and parody of itself both before and after the late 70s. Tonight was a celebration of 50 years of The Stranglers, or Guildford Stranglers as they were originally called. It’s clear that The Stranglers […]
23rd March 2024 By Nigel Ashman 4.5 out of 5 stars It also saw four young men meet in a pub in Guilford, Surrey, which would result in one of the most influential and creative bands of the punk/new wave era being formed. Fifty years later, The Stranglers are still going strong and are in the […]
MARCH 21, 2024 ROBERT ADAMS The Stranglers – Cambridge Corn Exchange – 20 March 2024. Photo: Robert Adams/MetalTalk Most of The Stranglers celebratory 50th anniversary UK tour is sold out, including this almost homecoming show in Cambridge. Yes, I am aware that they were formed in Guildford before the comments came flooding in. But when JJ Burnel, […]
19 March 2024 Finn Toal Legendary rockers The Stranglers showed their timeless energy as they celebrated 50 years together by performing an unforgettable two-and-a-half-hour set to a sold-out Manchester crowd. Whilst the group has undergone many iterations and produced a variety of albums hitting different genres, the group remained as popular as ever by captivating […]
We chat to singer and guitarist Baz Warne about returning to Cornwall, the loss of founder members Dave Greenfield and Jet Black, and their most successful album for 40 years The Stranglers are returning to Cornwall to headline The Great Estate – Baz Warne is pictured second right It’s almost ten years since The Stranglers […]