The Stranglers 1977
Title | The Stranglers 1977 PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Shenton |
Publisher | Wymer UK |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2021-10-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781912782857 |
For The Stranglers, 1977 was a vital year. Not quite punk, certainly not pop and often at odds with live audiences and the music press alike, their approach was such that nothing could stop them. With hits like 'Peaches', 'No More Heroes' and 'Something Better Change', there was everything to play for despite a variety of confrontations and controversies. With two commercially and musically strong albums - Rattus Norvegicus (their debut) and No More Heroes - released within just months of each other, the story of The Stranglers in 1977 is one that needs to be told. With vintage interviews and reviews in abundance, this book comprehensively documents it all with immense detail.
A Multitude of Sins
Title | A Multitude of Sins PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Cornwell |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | 349 |
Release | 2009-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0007333560 |
Hugh Cornwell was the driving force behind The Stranglers and, as such, also one of the most influential figures of the punk era. This is his story of those heady times, when he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Joe Strummer, Debbie Harry and Malcolm McClaren.
The Stranglers: Song by Song
Title | The Stranglers: Song by Song PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Cornwell |
Publisher | Bobcat Books |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0857124447 |
The Stranglers have outlasted and outsold virtually every other band of their era, recording ten hit albums and releasing 21 Top 40 singles. Their list of hits, including Golden Brown, were written against a background of spectacular success, dismal failure, drug dependency, financial ruin, infighting and misfortune. As a response to David Buckley's one-sided biography of the band ("No Mercy" Hodder & Stoughton, 1997) and the band’s reticence to reveal the true meaning behind their songs, Hugh Cornwell, founding member and songwriter, sets the record straight, displaces the myths and for the first time explains the real stories behind The Stranglers, his departure and the origins of their songs.
Peaches
Title | Peaches PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Endeacott |
Publisher | Soundcheck Books |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 095757004X |
The Stranglers were at the vanguard of punk and new wave whilst never really being accepted as 'proper' punks. Still going to this day, but without original guitarist Hugh Cornwell, the classic line up is Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jett Black. This is the line-up covered in this book which goes from the band's conception to Cornwell's departure in 1990.
A Multitude of Sins
Title | A Multitude of Sins PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Cornwell |
Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Rock musicians |
ISBN | 9780007190829 |
The life and times of The Stranglers, by their former front man.
Window on the World
Title | Window on the World PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Cornwell |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 2011-12-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1448207207 |
Botanical writer James Thornberry's life is irrevocably changed when he meets up-and-coming artist, Katherine Gaunt. Falling madly in love with her, he begins to collect her paintings secretly and obsessively, until his relationship with them and with her merge into delusion, and the paintings take on a life of their own...
The Sex Revolts
Title | The Sex Revolts PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Reynolds |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 434 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780674802735 |
The first book to look at rock rebellion through the lens of gender, The Sex Revolts captures the paradox at rock's dark heart--the music is often most thrilling when it is most misogynistic and macho. And, looking at music made by female artists, the authors ask: must it always be this way?