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- 16 Mar 2022, 10:10
- Forum: Other Bands
- Topic: The Clash vs The Stranglers
- Replies: 84
- Views: 10370
Re: The Clash vs The Stranglers
Never understood the levels of devotion that they received. Some great singles but the posturing and image put me off. And that film they made with Ray Gange of whatever he's called, utter shite!
- 04 Mar 2022, 10:41
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: Jim Mac changing the bass drum parts on old songs
- Replies: 141
- Views: 12890
Re: Jim Mac changing the bass drum parts on old songs
I disagree Stan. For a long time PR and JE did their own things to Stranglers songs and it was acceptable. Well, there's a re-writing of the truth if I ever saw one. The dissent of PR and JE's treatment of various MKI songs was so consistent it may as well have been a meme. As this current line-up ...
- 03 Mar 2022, 10:25
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: Jim Mac changing the bass drum parts on old songs
- Replies: 141
- Views: 12890
Re: Jim Mac changing the bass drum parts on old songs
Y'see, it's acceptable to JJ Burnel & Friends fans when Jim makes embellishments but it was never acceptable when PR or JE did it. I'll let you all chew on that thought for a while. I disagree Stan. For a long time PR and JE did their own things to Stranglers songs and it was acceptable. Look a...
- 21 Feb 2022, 20:32
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: Birmingham
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8060
Re: Birmingham
Stan come on man, are you really saying they hired him just because he was available and up for it? I don't recall hearing about them auditioning hordes of drummers to find a suitable replacement, do you? True. But do they run every decision past you my dear? I believe that the Management will do a...
- 12 Feb 2022, 14:01
- Forum: Other Bands
- Topic: New Killing Jokes track
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3591
Re: New Killing Jokes track
An EP 25th March. Vinyl in September. Some nice dub mixes on the EP. I too had expected a bit of variation/progression. It is very much in the vein of the last 3 albums but I would like to see it opened up a bit more. What I am pleased about is that it is a concise track and not a 6 minute overblow...
- 11 Feb 2022, 19:09
- Forum: Other Bands
- Topic: New Killing Jokes track
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3591
Re: New Killing Jokes track
An EP 25th March. Vinyl in September. Some nice dub mixes on the EP. I too had expected a bit of variation/progression. It is very much in the vein of the last 3 albums but I would like to see it opened up a bit more. What I am pleased about is that it is a concise track and not a 6 minute overblown...
- 11 Feb 2022, 19:06
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
- Replies: 317
- Views: 75527
Re: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
Stan, surely that's enough for you? I don't rate Jim as a drummer, no. I find his playing really lumpen and his style far too heavy-handed for The Stranglers. Dark Matters threw into sharp relief just how vital and irreplaceable a component of The Stranglers' sound Jet was/is. Jim is a different dr...
- 11 Feb 2022, 14:27
- Forum: Other Bands
- Topic: Who are you seeing (other than the stranglers) this year?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11773
Re: Who are you seeing (other than the stranglers) this year?
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- 07 Feb 2022, 17:24
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
- Replies: 317
- Views: 75527
Re: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
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- 07 Feb 2022, 16:50
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
- Replies: 317
- Views: 75527
Re: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
Not long! Hope it's appreciated as jest!
- 07 Feb 2022, 16:46
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
- Replies: 317
- Views: 75527
Re: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
Your style of posting doesn’t lend itself to debates Stan Quite! It comes from a bombastic stance that seems unable to discuss without getting over excited. I have this mental image of Stan sitting in a room with wipe clean Hugh Cornwell pictures waiting for someone to say something he disagrees wi...
- 06 Feb 2022, 11:13
- Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
- Topic: No more amps?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2369
Re: No more amps?
Technology always has! It's just one of those old things where you have to have the amps there because it looks cool. The old 80s metal thing of having walls of speaker cabinets was such a corny joke because they would all be empty and hidden round the back would probably be an old battered amp that...