Crikey 2 year bump here!
First saw The Stranglers at The Hope & Anchor..then on a bill with The Clash and Sham 69- i think.
Very impressed that a punk band saluted the Morris 1000 car in their opening lines.
The Stranglers - Get A Grip....
Wasn't until the early 1980's i saw them again..by this time Big Country and The Eurythmics were the kids on the block.
However the 1984 Aural Sculpture album proved very listenable.
The Stranglers - North Winds Blowing.
By the late 80's things had softened and the appeal was all but gone...this about sums up the fact that punk went pop.
The Stranglers - Big In America.