The Stranglers: The Stranglers albums, The Stranglers members, The Stranglers songs, Golden Brown, The Stranglers discography, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black, Walk On By, Rattus Norvegicus, Summer in the City, Paul Roberts, Hans Wärmling

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: The Stranglers albums, The Stranglers members, The Stranglers songs, Golden Brown, The Stranglers discography, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black, Walk On By, Rattus Norvegicus, Summer in the City, Paul Roberts, Hans Wärmling, Black and White, Martin Rushent, John Ellis, The Gospel According to the Meninblack, 96 Tears, All Day and All of the Night, The Raven, No More Heroes, Peaches, Dave Greenfield, Baz Warne, Always the Sun, La Folie, Dreamtime, Aural Sculpture, Soulsec, Andy Gill, Love 30, Suite XVI, 10, Written in Red, About Time, Norfolk Coast, Stranglers in the Night, Alan Winstanley, Feline, Coup de Grace, 5 Minutes, Strange Little Girl, Nice 'n' Sleazy, Duchess, (Get A) Grip, Spectre of Love, European Female, Something Better Change, Rise Again, Tramp. Excerpt: The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group. Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s. Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, they originally built a following within the mid-'70s pub rock scene. While their aggressive, no-compromise attitude identified them as one of the instigators of the UK punk rock scene that followed, their idiosyncratic approach rarely followed any single musical genre and the group went on to explore a variety of musical styles, from new wave, art rock and gothic rock through to the sophisticated pop of some of their 1980s output. They had major mainstream success with their single "Golden Brown". Their other hits include "No More Heroes", "Peaches", "Always the Sun", "Skin Deep". The Stranglers' early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield's keyboards at a time when the instrument was seen as unfashionable. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell. Over time, their output gradually grew more refined and sophisticated. Summing up their contribution to popular music, critic Dave Thompson would later write: "From bad-mannered yobs to purveyors of supreme pop delicacies, the group was responsible for music that may have been ugly and might have been crude ¿ but it was never, ever boring." The group was originally called The Guildford Stranglers, and operated out of The Jackpot, a Guildford off-licence run by their drummer Jet Black (real name Brian Duffy). Other original personnel were bass player/vocalist Jean Jacques Burnel, guitarist/vocalist Hugh Cornwell and keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling, who was replaced by keyboard