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The Stranglers: Song by Song, 1974-1990

By J. , Cornwell , H. and Drury

Book information

Publisher
Limited, Sanctuary Publishing
Year
2001
ISBN
1860743625, 9781860743627
Google Books ID
vlUGAAAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
957 kB (979875 bytes)
Edition
illustrated
Pages
385\0
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2013-05-21 05:38:14

Description

The Stranglers have outlasted & outsold virtually every other band of their era, recording ten hit albums & releasing 21 Top 40 singles. Their list of hits, including Golden Brown, Peaches & Always The Sun, were written against a background of spectacular success, dismal failure, drug dependency, financial ruin, infighting & misfortune. Understandably, the band have been loathe to reveal the true meaning behind their songs, instead reveling in the mystery & confusion they created. Recently, bass player Jean-Jacques Burnel cited the band's annoying habit of burning toast as the inspiration to their classic, Golden Brown! As a response to this fool's play & David Buckley's one-sided biography of the band ("No Mercy" Hodder & Stoughton, 1997), Hugh Cornwell, founding member & songwriter, is determined to set the record straight, displace the myths & explain for the first time the real stories behind The Stranglers, his departure & the origins of all their songs.

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