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The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene. Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" bands to have originated in the UK punk scene.
Formed as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, they originally built a following within the mid-1970s 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 the sophisticated pop of some of their 1980s output.
They had major mainstream success with their 1982 single "Golden Brown". Their other hits include 1970's Punk Rock hits "No More Heroes", "Peaches", "Always the Sun" and "Skin Deep" and the 2003 Top 40 hit "Big Thing Coming", which was seen as a return to form.
The Stranglers' early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield's keyboards. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Burnel and Hugh Cornwell. Over time, their output gradually grew more refined and sophisticated. Summing up their contribution to popular music, critic Dave Thompson later wrote: "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."
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Albums
Long Black Veil Single
Norfolk Coast
Coup de Grace
Written in Red
In Heaven She Walks Single
96 Tears Single
Sweet Smell of Success Single
Solid Gold Single
All Day and All of the Night Single
Always the Sun Single
Big in America Single
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The 12" Tape EP
Let Me Down Easy Single
No Mercy Single
Skin Deep Single
Paradise Single
Midnight Summer Dream Single
European Female Single
Strange Little Girl Single
Aural Sculpture Single
Golden Brown Single
La Folie
Thrown Away Single
Just Like Nothing on Earth Single
Let Me Introduce You to the Family Single
Bear Cage Single
Do the European EP
Don’t Bring Harry EP
The Raven
Duchess Single
Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus) Single
Black and White
5 Minutes Single
Sverige Single
Walk On By EP
Walk On By / Old Codger / Tank Single
No More Heroes
Rattus Norvegicus
Peaches / Go Buddy Go Single
The Stranglers EP
Popular Songs
- 15 Steps
- Time Was Once on My Side
- Adios
- Mercury Rising
- My Fickle Resolve
- Freedom Is Insane
- Giants
- Another Camden Afternoon
- Lowlands
- Boom Boom
- Choosey Suzie
- White Room
- Peaches 2004
- Do the European
- You
- Viva Vlad
- Where I Live
- Never to Look Back
- Out of My Mind
- Let’s Celebrate
- Man of the Earth
- Too Many Teardrops
- In This Place
- ¡Viva Vlad!
- Someone Like You
- Motorbike
- Something
- Vladimir & The Beast, Part III
- (The Strange Circumstances Which Lead to) Vladimir & Olga
- Plaice de victoires