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La Folie (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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La Folie Is The Sixth Album By The Stranglers Recorded And Released In 1981. The Stranglers Had Initially Been The Most Commercially Successful Band Of The Punk/new-Wave Period In Britain But By 1981 Their Success Had Waned Noticeably. The La Folie Album Was A Conscious Attempt To Deliver A More Commercial Product. The Band's Record Company EMI Sent Them Into The Studio With Famous Producer Tony Visconti Giving Him A Brief To "produce Each Song As If It Was A Hit Single". The Album’s French Language Title "La Folie" Literally Translates Into English As "Madness". In Various Interviews The Band Related That This Referred To "The Madness Of Love" And That Conceptually Each Of The Songs On The Album Was Intended To Explore A Different Kind Or Aspect Of "love". The Title Track Is Also Said To Be Based Upon The Story Of Issei Sagawa. The Track "Golden Brown" Gave The Band The Renewed Commercial Success They Were Seeking Released As A Single It Reached No. 2 In The UK Chart In January 1982 And Went On To Become EMI's Highest Selling Single For Many Years. Many Buyers Were Seemingly Unaware Of The Meaning Of The Lyrics Which Contain Metaphorical References To Heroin. This May Have Been Further Confused By Different Band Members Claiming That The Song Was About Desertification Imperialism And As Said In An Interview "toast". Other Singles From The Album Were "Let Me Introduce You To The Family" No. 42 In November 1981 And The Title-Track "La Folie" Which Reached No. 47 In April 1982. Upon Release "La Folie" Looked Set To Be The Band's Lowest-Charting Album But Buoyed By The Success Of "Golden Brown" The Album Eventually Peaked At No.11 In The UK Album Chart And Spent 18 Weeks On The Chart. Hugh Cornwell Related In The Stranglers – Song By Song That The Correct Title Of The Album's Opening Track Was In Fact "Non Stop Nun" And He Apparently Had Been Unaware That The Record Company Had Printed It As Simply "Non Stop".