Great content! I’s rare these days anyone mentions the Stranglers… this took me back in time actually.. yes, they were my No1 band in the eighties, bought most of their albums 1976-1990.. the 3D Raven album is awesome, never heard of this album version. I saw them in Iceland in 2006, no Hugh or Jet Black but Dave was there and of course JJ.. unfortunately I missed them in June 1978(following up the album Black and White), but that very concert changed the music scene in Iceland, actually started the Reykjavik punk scene… where Björk started off. Thanks for sharing this video! 🙏🏻
For sure they were something. Thanks for the look into the Reykjavik scene - I can certainly believe that there's a pinch of Jet Black influence in Sigtryggur Baldursson's drums. :) The Stranglers for me were a bridge between the kind of "classic rock" I liked (The Zombies and Kinks, etc...) and the "new wave" and "punk" (so many labels) that was bringing that Do It Yourself feel into everything. They were complex, textured, baroque and mysterious and heavy and dark and cinematic and unlike any other band. They had punk swagger and aggressiveness - but there was a kind of jazz vibe in there, too. The odd time signatures and most obviously the keyboards, and Dave's style of playing, and Hugh's lounge baritone voice. I could go on and on about their influence on my early bands and their influence on anyone who didn't like the idea of being stuck in ONE very rigid and specific category. They were their own genre. :)
Great content! I’s rare these days anyone mentions the Stranglers… this took me back in time actually.. yes, they were my No1 band in the eighties, bought most of their albums 1976-1990.. the 3D Raven album is awesome, never heard of this album version. I saw them in Iceland in 2006, no Hugh or Jet Black but Dave was there and of course JJ.. unfortunately I missed them in June 1978(following up the album Black and White), but that very concert changed the music scene in Iceland, actually started the Reykjavik punk scene… where Björk started off. Thanks for sharing this video! 🙏🏻
For sure they were something. Thanks for the look into the Reykjavik scene - I can certainly believe that there's a pinch of Jet Black influence in Sigtryggur Baldursson's drums. :) The Stranglers for me were a bridge between the kind of "classic rock" I liked (The Zombies and Kinks, etc...) and the "new wave" and "punk" (so many labels) that was bringing that Do It Yourself feel into everything. They were complex, textured, baroque and mysterious and heavy and dark and cinematic and unlike any other band. They had punk swagger and aggressiveness - but there was a kind of jazz vibe in there, too. The odd time signatures and most obviously the keyboards, and Dave's style of playing, and Hugh's lounge baritone voice. I could go on and on about their influence on my early bands and their influence on anyone who didn't like the idea of being stuck in ONE very rigid and specific category. They were their own genre. :)