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The Clash started off with three great albums and then went rapidly downhill, to call them the most overrated band ever is childish stupidity. By the time of their New York residency they had conquered the US in a way that no other punk era band, including the Stranglers ever approached let alone a...

Ribery wrote:I saw Joy Division in 1979 twice and have seen New Order a few times, (most recently while working at Live Earth in Hamburg standing next to Bianca Jagger), I never understood what the fuss was about. I thought Joy Division were arty farty crap.

Pearls before swine...

Love em both, but New Order without Hooky is like the stranglers without Hugh in a way, I know some people can live with that, but you know a lot of us feel it is our right to point out that it just ain't as good. I'd say Hooky not being in New Order is worse than the stranglers loss of Hugh, espec...

Hi Fellow Stranglers fans. Hugh in Black here. Have posted about my band on here before and you were really kind so here's a heads up on some new stuff we've just done... We've got a new 6-track EP called "My Fantasy" up on Bandcamp for free streaming here: http://repomen.bandcamp.com/rele...

Bugger - forgot about this. Thank God for the iPlayer!

.....why, Luke Haines of course!

Big fan of NO and JD. I think NO's recent material is is less substantial that the old classic stuff, but that's familiar ground for us lot isn't it! (That said, Giants is wonderful). Some of my fave ever songs are JD/NO...Shadowplay, Transmission, Bizzare Love Triangle, Age of Consent, The Eternal...

Ribery wrote:

jason wrote:I quite like New Order but they are a bit bland aren't they. I always seem to skip their songs on my ipod!

You think they are bland ? You should have seen Joy Division live,they invented bland !

Oh Ribery....

Did you see JD live?

jason wrote:I quite like New Order but they are a bit bland aren't they. I always seem to skip their songs on my ipod!

Jason, seriously, what are you on?

Burn e 77 wrote:Thanks for posting, and sharing your gig review... love New Order
cheers
Burn e 77

My pleasure mate.

Any Stranglers New Order fans out there? Saw them on Thursday at the Apollo. They were pretty good even without Peter Hook. http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/530133_10150982019286978_507311977_13013079_1840983612_n.jpg Here's a review I penned for John "Stranglers fan" Robb's ...