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Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (1974 – present)
Original personnel were singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell (from Kentish Town, London), keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling (from Sweden, replaced within two years by Brighton-born keyboardist Dave Greenfield), London-born bass guitarist Jean-Jacques Burnel and drummer Jet Black (real name Brian Duffy), a native of Ilford, Essex.
They began as a sinister sounding, hard-edged pub rock group, but eventually branched out to explore other styles of music. The Stranglers were, beginning in 1976, tangentially associated with punk rock, due in part to their opening for The Ramones’ first British tour. The Stranglers were also associated with new wave music as well as gothic rock, but their idiosyncratic approach never fit completely within a musical genre.
In August 1990, founding member Cornwell left the band to pursue a solo career. In his autobiography, Cornwell states that he felt the band was a spent force creatively, and cited various examples of his increasingly acrimonious relationship with his fellow band-members, particularly Burnel. The remaining members recruited two replacements, including John Ellis, who had opened for the band in the 1970s as a member of The Vibrators, and singer Paul Roberts.
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Raphdabumbling
A rock music band?
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Великая группа!!!
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karish12
Midnight Summer Dream !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Friends? We weren't friends with anyone!" - JJ Burnel, front man of the great The Stranglers, reminisces about Joe Strummer, "sharing a flat with a bloke called Wilko Johnson," and the tragic story behind "5 Minutes." Burnel also discusses the punk band's songwriting evolution, and their seventeenth (seventeenth!) studio album, Giants: http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/jj_burnel_of_the_stranglers/
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You're a disgrace to The Simpsons
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levitate85
Awesome show in Liverpool on Thursday night.
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JustChewIt
band with best keyboardist ever. thank you, David.
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rustco
Check out my mates band "Thursdays Friend" LastFm page. Cool band from Adelaide Australia. Free downloads of Grunge/Punk. Peace!
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Mdjaer
GOLDEN BROWN HAS THAT TEXTURE LIKE SUNS AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A FROWN WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS GOLDEN AND BROWN
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MetalRock1989
Nice new album 3/5
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b4rb1
i think hes got an icepick somewhere :(
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Howell1236
What ever happened to Leon Trotsky?
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Don't worry, I'm working it out ;)
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Raphdabumbling
Golden Brown's good but... seriously. There can't be such gap between this song and the rest.
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Acrobat1234
JJ Burnel is the best rock bass player under the sun. And His aggressive, punk and spitting voice on the first three records by the Stranglers, without comparison to anyone else. All these shitty bands like Blink 182 with their shitty " punk" are far behind them.
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rattus norvegicus is rockin
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karish12
Midnight Summer Dream !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ah Dutch Moon is a nice one from Baz.
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Giants is an album whose tracks are suitably summed up by its title. Love it.
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