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Paul did keep the band going, and I seen some great gigs with him ... from 4 dates on his first tour in '91 (?) to his last gig at Rock City (?) ... as well as some solo gigs where he introduced BW & made him more accessible to everyone, happy days. I think the final nail in his coffin was JJ &...

Paul did do some great work on a couple of the albums but was a joke on stage, in my opinion.

Did JJ get rid because he realised things had to change?

Does anyone really know what happened to Paul?

Ruby wrote: ↑17 Apr 2024, 19:25 Fans turned away in droves and the band ended up playing to 500 /700 people at many shows,compared to now.I think that says it all.

Precisely, JJ was just in the band back then. Not the main man.

That video is brilliant, it sounds great, the songs are great, the performances are great, Dave's got his decent-sounding keyboards... I dunno, god forbid that a band has a frontman that can sing and get into a performance... :roll: JJ obviously didn't agree. He lost interest for years, albums reco...

That video is brilliant, it sounds great, the songs are great, the performances are great, Dave's got his decent-sounding keyboards... I dunno, god forbid that a band has a frontman that can sing and get into a performance... :roll: Can only agree. The fact I saw them live many times then and zero ...

Plenty people asking for a cd on their fb page.

I would much rather see the Stranglers without JJ than this embarrassment of a performance https://youtu.be/P63NnqRska8?feature=shared

This brings back exactly why I gave up going to see "JJ, Jet, Dave and friends" for quite a few years.

Baz totally turned things around.

Baz could always go back to bass to make room for Hugh. How surreal could things get? :grin: Well it could be more surreal. Hugh switches to bass Jim Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk Clinging on to the MKI "classic" lineup are any of the brass members still alive? You could bring one o...

I wonder if the Stranglers without JJ would pull in larger crowds than Hugh?

Ruby wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 16:30 Let Me Down Easy was about JJ's Father and written by Hugh, which was nice.

Hmm, why did I think it was about Jet's father?

Ruby wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 12:50 Skin Deep seems too high and Bitching too low.Can't be very accurate.

Skin Deep is a good singalong song.
Bitching is not one of the better songs from the early days.

I wonder how many people who voted no don't go and see the band anymore anyway.

I imagine some people, like Stan, voted no even though he has never seen the band.