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I always found the Foo Fighters music a bit hit-and-miss, but there's no denying Taylor Hawkins' talent on the kit - incredibly, he was one of TWO world class drummers in that band. I kinda feel for Dave Grohl a bit because this'll be the second time he's had to deal with a high profile fellow band ...

Agreed, but Hooverdam's crap vocal production was allowed to get released You don't work with a guy like Liam Watson (who - let's not forget - engineered The White Stripes successful album Elephant) unless you're intending on working in a particular way and expecting a certain type of sound. I'll c...

Mk1 into the 1990s and beyond might have been a car crash, or really interesting. But it would have need all four of them want it and not phone it in. It's tempting to think that if MKI had stuck together through the '90s then the Britpop years may have been kind to them - they WERE getting cited a...

theraven1979 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2022, 11:06 You think bands see MKII and beyond as an influence Kudu? You need to smell your morning coffee mate

He clearly didn't read (or understand) the post properly

Please Don't Put Me on a Slowboat to Trowbridge Delightful Nightmare Stuck in Daily Mail Land Bad Vibrations Gods, Guns and Gays A Street Called Carroll The Most Beautiful Girl in Hollywood Bilko Attack of the Major Sevens Duce Coochie Man ...or you could look at the poll threads for the post-BEF al...

For me, when I listen to album tracks like The Raven or Genetix, or Who Wants The World, or Nuclear Device, or countless other mk1 classics, they just can't be beat by anything. You've got all 4 originals playing at the peak of their powers on those tracks. No other music has ever had the same effe...

Mk1 into the 1990s and beyond might have been a car crash, or really interesting. But it would have need all four of them want it and not phone it in. It's tempting to think that if MKI had stuck together through the '90s then the Britpop years may have been kind to them - they WERE getting cited a...

Songwriting, production, vocals don't have anything to do with themes. And those are what's so much weaker in DM. I understood completely what you meant. You want something of the same high standard as The Raven but made on its own terms rather than being an attempt to copy The Raven (it'd sound te...

It could be said that Hugh's songwriting is as good as ever? It is as good as ever. But that's not the point anyway, cause his final output is not as good as the original Stranglers at their peak.. I disagree, I think albums like Guilty, Hi Fi, Beyond Elysian Fields and Totem and Taboo are easily a...

Agreed. What I enjoy about Hugh's output though is that its matured accordingly to kinda fit my mood these days. If he tried to replicate that stuff now it would come across lame Yeah, I agree with this. When I listen to whatever Hugh's doing these days I wouldn't actually want him to try and repli...

Jon the Impaler wrote: ↑23 Mar 2022, 13:12 But when did The Stranglers actually care about being relevant ?

I'd argue that they've always cared - particularly MKI, else Hugh wouldn't have banged on about chart positions so much in his book.

Of all the criticisms we can throw at the stranglers and their albums, is the cover art really that important? Doesn't it just show that they have less record company money behind them now? Well, I suppose to a degree it ties in with the notion of relevance. A record company isn't going to pony up ...