Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

For the people who dont/cant /won't go to see the stranglers live, a fairer question to ask would be if they would listen to a album without JJ.

I've an idea I saw the Reading 1983 contract on the FB memorabilia group, and it was for £7.5k, so you can extrapolate from there. A couple of years ago Roland Gift got circa 50k for one of the festivals. JJ mentioned 6 figures for that US festival they're about to do Jim Sent from my Pixel 6 using...

Im sure if hugh was still in the band, we'd find something. Maybe he'd insist on a mariachi golden brown every single gig?

Baz has been liked for nothing to do with Paul but more for what he has done with the band that was previously wrong overall for many years before he ever joined in my view only. I think thats just a willingness to play mk1 live as close to the orginal as he can. And being the mate jj always want. ...

And there always seems to be better obscure mk1 to dust down.

Its not as if they play the same 4 or 5 baz songs (ok maybe relentless), so there are enough to play, but they never play more than a few at anyone time.

I think fans underestimate how much baz's vocals and stage presence contribute to the live sound of the stranglers now. The pendulum swing from hugh to paul, and then to baz has made some think that baz is nearer to hugh than he is. I'd argue that replacing baz with hugh as he is now, or anyone real...

marky wrote: ↑04 Apr 2024, 07:58 I will wait and see the AI version like that abba thing

Then all of them can be on stage at the same time. Everyone will be happy.

He probably has the right to perform as the stranglers, given he has performed as part of the stranglers for so long.

If JJ chooses to leave, he'd be in the same position Hugh was when he left.

Its difficult to imagine how JJ would leave. I dont know how a gradual retreat would work? Would people be happy to go to a concert knowing JJ was definitely not going to be there or maybe a chance he wasnt? Would they have a bass playing as a fifth strangler who did most of the heavy lifting, and t...

Betcha people would.

Lots of people said its over when jet leaves, then if its down to one orginal member.

As long as its still under the name the stranglers and they play mk1, they will come.

I dont understand why everyone is so invested in pretending that its a band of four equals?

Its obviously, isn't but that doesn't changed the experience for the audience.

The predictability is the joke.