Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

Ally pally was an awful gig if ever there was a film to show a band utterly disengaged with each other this was it and let’s not mention John Ellis and the brass section

They need to keep going to top up pensions etc

I don’t have a least favourite album but 10 with its over production and that fucking cringy ghastly where I live song give ghost train from dream time a run for its money

A greatest hits tour a 50th anniversary t.shirt a couple of ratzone episodes on YouTube 2 minutes on bbc breakfast some local radio where they play clips from nmh and golden brown and on these local radio interviews jj talks about fights with the clash bass player and Hugh was like a brother to him ...

It’s not going to happen Hugh left fucking years ago Paul and John are long gone from the band unfortunately we have lost dear Dave and Jet concerts will surely be what we will get but anybody that thinks we are going to get a stranglers band reunion need to get over themselves it’s not going to hap...

I’ve heard they are playing Pontings Warners Butlins and are guesting with Toyah on one of them cruises for the 50th anniversary tour

Well if this 50 years anniversary will just be about us fans we don’t have to talk about the band not getting the recognition they deserve

Beyond the bands fan base nobody will give a fuck about a 50th anniversary tour or concert they might get 2 minutes on bbc breakfast but beyond that nothing what about a new song to mark the occasion? I’d like that as long as 1 it’s not some slow moribund jj ballad or 2 a song already done by some o...

I will do what I normally do wait to see if it goes into a shop like WH Smith’s then read it in there if not seems like it’s not so good anyway

A fantastic musician and by all accounts a lovely person really enjoyed watching him play

This would be a really bad idea

Have we always got to call Louie the 5th Beatle now? Maybe dark matters would have benefited from being produced by someone outside the bands organisation