The Gospel According To The Meninblack - Album
The Gospel According To The Meninblack (Album) by The Stranglers
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The Stranglers Are A Rock Music Group Formed On September 11 1974 In Guildford Surrey England United Kingdom. They Were Originally Called The Guildford Stranglers And Operated From An Off-Licence In The Town. They Also Based Themselves In The Nearby Village Of Chiddingfold For A While. Original Personnel Were Singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell From Kentish Town London Keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling From Sweden Replaced Within Two Years By Brighton-Born Keyboardist Dave Greenfield London-Born Bass Guitarist Jean-Jacques Burnel And Drummer Jet Black Real Name Brian Duffy A Native Of Ilford Essex. They Began As A Sinister Sounding Hard-Edged Pub Rock Group But Eventually Branched Out To Explore Other Styles Of Music. The Stranglers Were Beginning In 1976 Tangentially Associated With Punk Rock Due In Part To Their Opening For The Ramones' First British Tour. The Stranglers Were Also Associated With New Wave Music As Well As Gothic Rock But Their Idiosyncratic Approach Never Fit Completely Within A Musical Genre. In August 1990 Founding Member Cornwell Left The Band To Pursue A Solo Career. In His Autobiography Cornwell States That He Felt The Band Was A Spent Force Creatively And Cited Various Examples Of His Increasingly Acrimonious Relationship With His Fellow Band-Members Particularly Burnel. The Remaining Members Recruited Two Replacements Including John Ellis Who Had Opened For The Band In The 1970s As A Member Of The Vibrators And Singer Paul Roberts. Interest In The Stranglers Resurfaced When In 2001 Singer Tori Amos Covered Their Song "Strange Little Girl" And Titled The Album It Was Featured On Strange Little Girls. "Golden Brown" Was Also Used In The Hit Film Snatch By Film Director Guy Ritchie And Extensively In The Australian Film He Died With A Felafel In His Hand. Their Hit "No More Heroes" Was Covered By Violent Femmes And Used For The Film Mystery Men. "Peaches" Finally Also Appears Prominently In Another British Movie Sexy Beast By Director Jonathan Glazer. The Stranglers Had A Critical And Popular Renaissance In 2004 Together With Their First Top 40 Hit For 14 Years - "Big Thing Coming" With The Acclaimed Norfolk Coast Album And A Subsequent Sell-Out Tour. The Follow-Up Album Suite XVI Was Released In September 2006 The Title Is A Pun On "Sweet 16" And Also A Reference To The Fact That It Is The Band's 16th Studio Album . During The Recording Of Suite XVI Paul Roberts Left The Band To Pursue His Solocareer. Guitarist Baz Warne Who Replaced John Ellis In 2000 Became The Main Vocalist. A Quite Rare Hugh Cornwell Audio Interview May Be Listened To On Http //www.Jasonwrightonline.Com/
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The Stranglers Are A Rock Music Group Formed On September 11 1974 In Guildford Surrey England United Kingdom. They Were Originally Called The Guildford Stranglers And Operated From An Off-Licence In The Town. They Also Based Themselves In The Nearby Village Of Chiddingfold For A While. Original Personnel Were Singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell From Kentish Town London Keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling From Sweden Replaced Within Two Years By Brighton-Born Keyboardist Dave Greenfield London-Born Bass Guitarist Jean-Jacques Burnel And Drummer Jet Black Real Name Brian Duffy A Native Of Ilford Essex. They Began As A Sinister Sounding Hard-Edged Pub Rock Group But Eventually Branched Out To Explore Other Styles Of Music. The Stranglers Were Beginning In 1976 Tangentially Associated With Punk Rock Due In Part To Their Opening For The Ramones' First British Tour. The Stranglers Were Also Associated With New Wave Music As Well As Gothic Rock But Their Idiosyncratic Approach Never Fit Completely Within A Musical Genre. In August 1990 Founding Member Cornwell Left The Band To Pursue A Solo Career. In His Autobiography Cornwell States That He Felt The Band Was A Spent Force Creatively And Cited Various Examples Of His Increasingly Acrimonious Relationship With His Fellow Band-Members Particularly Burnel. The Remaining Members Recruited Two Replacements Including John Ellis Who Had Opened For The Band In The 1970s As A Member Of The Vibrators And Singer Paul Roberts. Interest In The Stranglers Resurfaced When In 2001 Singer Tori Amos Covered Their Song "Strange Little Girl" And Titled The Album It Was Featured On Strange Little Girls. "Golden Brown" Was Also Used In The Hit Film Snatch By Film Director Guy Ritchie And Extensively In The Australian Film He Died With A Felafel In His Hand. Their Hit "No More Heroes" Was Covered By Violent Femmes And Used For The Film Mystery Men. "Peaches" Finally Also Appears Prominently In Another British Movie Sexy Beast By Director Jonathan Glazer. The Stranglers Had A Critical And Popular Renaissance In 2004 Together With Their First Top 40 Hit For 14 Years - "Big Thing Coming" With The Acclaimed Norfolk Coast Album And A Subsequent Sell-Out Tour. The Follow-Up Album Suite XVI Was Released In September 2006 The Title Is A Pun On "Sweet 16" And Also A Reference To The Fact That It Is The Band's 16th Studio Album . During The Recording Of Suite XVI Paul Roberts Left The Band To Pursue His Solocareer. Guitarist Baz Warne Who Replaced John Ellis In 2000 Became The Main Vocalist. A Quite Rare Hugh Cornwell Audio Interview May Be Listened To On Http //www.Jasonwrightonline.Com/
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The Gospel According To The Meninblack Or Sometimes Referred To As Just The Meninblack Is An Esoteric Concept Album Made By The Stranglers And Released In February 1981 By Liberty Records. The Album Deals With Conspiratorial Ideas Surrounding Alien Visitations To Earth The Sinister Governmental Men In Black And The Involvement Of These Elements In Well-Known Biblical Narratives. It Is Important To Note Though That It Is Not The First Time The Stranglers Had Used This Concept Meninblack On The Earlier Raven Album And Subsequent 1980 Single-Release Who Wants The World? Had Also Explored It Though Not To The Same Level. The Album Is An Elaboration Of Concepts First Introduced By The Band On The Before Mentioned Track From Their Preceding LP The Raven. The Meninblack Showcases The Ideas And Moods Of The Band When They Had Creative And Intellectual Freedom Gained From The Commercial Success Of Their Previous Releases. The Music Is Progressive Macabre And Abstract Powered By Hypnotic Drum And Synthesiser Loops — While The Lyrical Content Is Dark And Witty. Some See It As One Of The Earliest Albums In The Birth Of Goth Rock. The Original Gatefold LP Release Features As Its Inside Artwork A Reproduction Of The Last Supper Altered To Depict A Solemn Maninblack Standing Watchfully Behind Jesus. Hugh Cornwell Former Singer-Songwriter And Guitarist With The Group Has Stated His Belief That The Album Is The Pinnacle Of The Stranglers' Artistic And Creative Output And He Cites It As His Favourite Album By The Band. The Stranglers' Bassist Jean Jacques Burnel Regards The Album As Often Techno In Essence Though The Meninblack Pre-Dates The Emergence Of That Genre By Some Years. In The UK The Choice Of Single Releases From The Album Reflected Its Experimental Flavour And Sales Were Poor. Their Next Album La Folie Was Decidedly More Commercial Heralding Another Radical Change In Musical Direction. The Single Releases From The Album Were 'Thrown Away' UK Chart Position 42 & 'Just Like Nothing On Earth' UK Chart Position 81 . On Its Original Release The Album Only Sold Around 50 000 Copies Extremely Dissapointing Sales Considering The Band's Previous Success . However It Still Managed To Break The Top Ten Peaking At No.8 On The UK Album Chart Although It Only Spent 5 Weeks On The Listings. Parts Of The Distinctive Opening Instrumental "Waltzinblack" Were Later Used As The Theme Music For Keith Floyd's BBC TV Series Floyd On Food. The Stranglers Developed A Tradition Of Opening Their Live Performances With Recorded Excerpts Of "Waltzinblack".