Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

72 times since 1981. Enjoyed those earlier gigs with Hugh the best as I was a teenager back then and it was just so exciting & crazy. :-) Btw I have a list of all the gigs I have been to since 1981 and it's currently at 720 or something. Yeah Im a sad fucker I know for keeping a list but I don'...

72 times since 1981. Enjoyed those earlier gigs with Hugh the best as I was a teenager back then and it was just so exciting & crazy. :-) Btw I have a list of all the gigs I have been to since 1981 and it's currently at 720 or something. Yeah Im a sad fucker I know for keeping a list but I don't...

When I discovered The Stranglers in 1977 it was always the Bass that stood out even though I was learning guitar at the time I just always focused on THAT bass and never Hugh's guitar work. Anyone who plays Bass will know that JJ isn't the best bass player in the world but that doesn't matter to me ...

many canadians...? there are a handful, plus yanks and ex-pats living in the states, few in aussie land, few french and belgian..we had a pretty good thing going when they were doing european and canadian tours - the day after gig-reviews were impressive from across big bits of europe and certainly...

theraven1979 wrote:Welcome Peter

Yeah 10 although not their greatest effort shouldn`t get the stick it does.

Jim

Hello Vic!


Yeah 10 is great, great songs and I even think the production is good too.
:-)

Er...10 definitely earns you points with Jim, of the almost 700 people on here - I think your membership may have increased the number of fans who love 10 by about 50%. anyway, welcome from canada. ps. its already fucking snowing. Hi mate is there many peeps from Canada or America on the forum? :-)

Ice wrote:We're not W*nk*rs, we're cnuts.




Welcome.

I don't mind 10, apart from the odd song or three. Our beloved Webmaster quite likes it though so you'll be OK there.

Thanks for the warm welcome...Ice.

38 year young Stranglers fan, seen the band 72 times, got into them in 1977 when I heard Rattus, blah blah blah, first saw them in 1981 in sunny Bradford, blah blah blah, just got on t'internet and thought this forum looked rather jolly good fun so I signed up, very nice to meet you all. Btw am I th...