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by jetblacksdad
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!
by jetblacksdad
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 ...
by jetblacksdad
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...
by jetblacksdad
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...
by jetblacksdad
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...
by jetblacksdad
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...
by jetblacksdad
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...
by jetblacksdad
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?

theraven1979 wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 10:22 Anyone seeing a band from this millennium? :lol:


Jim
FONTAINES DC!

NMA
DAMNED
CORNWELL
GOLDFRAPP
FEEDER
KILLING JOKE
by jetblacksdad
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.

bespoke commissions available on request!!!
by jetblacksdad
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!
by jetblacksdad
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...
by jetblacksdad
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...