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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 - No More Heroes
The 5 Minutes Referred To In This Song Is The Time It Takes To Drive From The Sketchy Area Of West Hampstead London To The Palatial Estates Of Bishops Avenue. In Our Interview With Stranglers Lead Singer JJ Burnel He Explained "I Just Thought That There Was A Juxtaposition There Between The Comfort Of All These Gated Protected Communities With Cameras And Electronic Entrances And Our Situation On The Fifth Floor Of An Old Apartment Building Where People Could Just Come In And Rape Someone." The Rape Described In This Song Really Happened. JJ Burnel Told Us "I Was Sharing A Flat With A Bloke Called Wilko Johnson Who Was A Guitarist For The Band Dr. Feelgood - A UK Rhythm And Blues Band. They Had Really Peaked They Had Got To #1 The Year Before. I Was Sharing A Flat With Him And A Girl Who Worked For The Sex Pistols. That Flat Was An Amazing Thing. It Was 1977 So All Kinds Of People Would Walk Through. Lemmy From Motörhead Was A Good Friend Of Wilko's And Various People Members Of The Clash And Sex Pistols. And While I Was Away Gigging One Night The Girl She Got Raped. Which More Or Less Constituted The End Of Our Stay There Because The Apartment Was Tainted." There Are Some French Lyrics At The End Of This Song Which Go Along With The Rape Story. "cherie Enculée" Roughly Translates To "girl Who Is F--Ked."
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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 5 minutes referred to in this song is the time it takes to drive from the sketchy area of West Hampstead, London to the palatial estates of Bishops Avenue. In our interview with Stranglers lead singer JJ Burnel, he explained: "I just thought that there was a juxtaposition there between the comfort of all these gated protected communities with cameras and electronic entrances and our situation on the fifth floor of an old apartment building, where people could just come in and rape someone."
The rape described in this song really happened. JJ Burnel told us: "I was sharing a flat with a bloke called Wilko Johnson, who was a guitarist for the band Dr. Feelgood - a UK rhythm and blues band. They had really peaked, they had got to #1 the year before. I was sharing a flat with him and a girl who worked for the Sex Pistols. That flat was an amazing thing. It was 1977, so all kinds of people would walk through. Lemmy from Motörhead was a good friend of Wilko's and various people, members of the Clash and Sex Pistols.
And while I was away gigging one night, the girl, she got raped. Which more or less constituted the end of our stay there, because the apartment was tainted."
There are some French lyrics at the end of this song, which go along with the rape story. "cherie enculée" roughly translates to "girl who is f--ked." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.