For all my Stranglers commenters (there's nothing like the hum of feedback!) here's two sets from fabled venue The Roundhouse, in the year 1977. That's the calendar year in which the band put out BOTH Rattus Norevegicus and No More Heroes, leading to the inevitable question, was 1977 the year we hit peak Stranglers? Let us know, down below...
Was '77 the best year in Stranglers' history? Let us know in the comments! Speaking of comments, that is the section wherein you will find the Live at the Roundhouse link.
So, like so many bands that flushed to fame in the late seventies, The Stranglers (more here) would have to grow up in public. Unlike The Jam, The Damned and The Clash, there would be no sophomore slump (No More Heroes being an indisputable classic) but then there would be no need of a third album comeback on the scale of All Mod Cons, Machine Gun Etiquette or London Calling either. Instead, The Strangler began a wildly unpredictable career trajectory that held some fearsome works and some yawn-inducing ones.
By 1978's Black and White, The Stranglers had grown more belligerent and less tuneful, though the album is still a fan fave. Live, the '78 version of the band sounded like a cross between The Doors and The Ramones as they rammed through their catalog with incredible velocity and veracity. To hear the band at their most bludgeoning stage, don't miss this bloody-sounding bootleg of a show at The Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio in 1978.
1. Threatened. 2. Burning up time. 3. Straighten out. 4. London lady. 5. Down in the sewer. 6. Five minutes. 7. Toiler on the sea. 8. Grip. 9. Dagenham Dave. 10. Bring on the nubiles. 11. Dead ringer. 12. Hanging around. 13. Nice 'n sleazy. 14. No more heroes. 15. Tank.
So what do you think of Black and White era Stranglers? Let us know in the comments!
Speaking of comments, that is the section wherein you will find Eastern Front link (though you have to scroll down to the second comment).
This is the entire Stranglers' (more here) set from the opening night at the Hope & Anchor's Front Row Festival (the compilation album is here) back in 1977 .
This loud, raw, gritty, ugly and foul-mouthed recording wasn't released till 1992 but then fell out-of-print and now fetches Peachy money on eBay, Amazon et al.
Comments on this rare Stranglers bonanza, are most welcome!
A hard-hitting Stranglers (more here) radio session from 1977, featuring: Dageham Dave Goodbye Toulouse Hanging Around I Feel Like a Wog No More Heroes
Comments on all this Stranglers business, are most welcome!
Speaking of comments, that is the section wherein you will find The Sessions link
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