The Stranglers (bass, indie, punk, tunes, tracks)

right-track · 08-27-2005, 03:51 PM

An original band with a unique sound.
I'd put them alongside The Clash and Talking Heads for their individualism.

Top Tunes are;

Nice And Sleazy
Hanging Around
I Feel Like A Wog
5 Minutes
Princess
Dead Los Angeles
Golden Brown
Always The Sun
Nuclear Device...

tdoc210 · 08-27-2005, 06:19 PM

ooohhhhh i like them i rented a live video of them

right-track · 08-28-2005, 09:22 AM

Thanks for the post D.O.C... Just as I was beginning to think I was on everyones ignore list!

Hugh Cornwell - vocals/guitar
JJ Burnell - bass (incredible bass player)
Jet Black - drums
Dave Greenfield - keyboards (the keyboards set them apart from the rest of the punk bands at the time)

hookers with machineguns · 07-16-2006, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track

Just as I was beginning to think I was on everyones ignore list!

I did, until I found this thread

But, you totally forgot some of their best songs - Strange Little Girl, 96 Tears, Skin Deep, Duchess, among others.

right-track · 07-16-2006, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hookers with machineguns

I did, until I found this thread

But, you totally forgot some of their best songs - Strange Little Girl, 96 Tears, Skin Deep, Duchess, among others.

It was intentional. My opening post was meant to be a teaser, in the hope someone would add tracks and discuss etc.

Some tease...it's nearly a year old!
Thanks for bumping...

'Strange Little Girl' is a superb tune, but was never keen on 'Duchess'.

swim · 07-31-2006, 02:44 PM

They kick ass. I'm not sure if I'm the only one but does anyone else notice the influence on current indie music.

I edited to make sense. I mixed up tenses.

~~hiu~~ · 08-14-2006, 05:05 AM

I like The Stranglers, they are all very good musicians also. Nothing really touched their first album, however, which was nothing short of brilliant.

Mr Sensitive · 08-14-2006, 06:33 AM

I saw them live at Guildford, they were great. Golden Brown is my fave.

slimjim · 08-13-2009, 05:50 AM

does anyone out there agree that the stranglers are hardly ever spoken about and yet remain one of the most influential punk bands of all time? i know they have paul roberts singing now and he's no hugh cornwell but then again who is? rattus norvegicus is an absolute classic album, ugly has the best lyric i have ever heard ' i guess i shouldn't have strangled her to death, but i had to go to work and she had laced my coffee with acid, besides, she had acne. vintage cornwell. any suggestions for best ever lyric?

almauro · 08-13-2009, 07:30 PM

I haven't played Rattus in quite some time, but " ...sitting on the beaches, watching all the peaches" is still rattling around my head. Very tuneful for a bunch of ratty punks.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	The Stranglers An original band with a unique sound. I'd put them alongside The Clash and Talking Heads for their individualism. Top Tunes are; Nice And Sleazy Hanging Around I Feel Like A Wog 5 Minutes Princess Dead Los Angeles Golden Brown Always The Sun Nuclear Device...

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tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	ooohhhhh i like them i rented a live video of them __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

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swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	They kick ass. I'm not sure if I'm the only one but does anyone else notice the influence on current indie music. I edited to make sense. I mixed up tenses. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

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Mr Sensitive Hyperkinetic Rabbitything Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Noodle Mines Posts: 811	I saw them live at Guildford, they were great. Golden Brown is my fave. __________________

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slimjim Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9	the stranglers does anyone out there agree that the stranglers are hardly ever spoken about and yet remain one of the most influential punk bands of all time? i know they have paul roberts singing now and he's no hugh cornwell but then again who is? rattus norvegicus is an absolute classic album, ugly has the best lyric i have ever heard ' i guess i shouldn't have strangled her to death, but i had to go to work and she had laced my coffee with acid, besides, she had acne. vintage cornwell. any suggestions for best ever lyric? Last edited by slimjim; 08-13-2009 at 06:58 AM.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Thanks for the post D.O.C... Just as I was beginning to think I was on everyones ignore list! Hugh Cornwell - vocals/guitar JJ Burnell - bass (incredible bass player) Jet Black - drums Dave Greenfield - keyboards (the keyboards set them apart from the rest of the punk bands at the time)

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~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	I like The Stranglers, they are all very good musicians also. Nothing really touched their first album, however, which was nothing short of brilliant.

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almauro Way Out There Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 850	I haven't played Rattus in quite some time, but " ...sitting on the beaches, watching all the peaches" is still rattling around my head. Very tuneful for a bunch of ratty punks. __________________ rock n music blog