The Stranglers
UK
Formed: 1974
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Punk/New Wave, New Wave, British Punk, Punk, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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The Stranglers formed as the Guildford Stranglers in the southern England village of Chiddington (near Guildford) in 1974, plowing a heavily Doors-influenced furrow through the local pub rock scene -- such as it was. Of the four founding members, only Hugh Cornwell had any kind of recognizable historical pedigree, having played alongside Richard Thompson in the schoolboy band Emil & the Detectives. According to Thompson, their repertoire stretched from "Smokestack Lightning" and the blues, through to "old Kiki Dee B-sides," while their gigging ...
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