Monthly Archives: February 2012
JJ Burnel & Baz on BBC1 Breakfast
Stranglers covered – Golden Brown, The Strictly Come Dancing Band
Strictly Golden Brown
29 Feb 2012 Review: Giants
The Stranglers: Giants
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"New album Giants not only confirms that feeling but announces The Stranglers have returned to being again a fiercely formidable band that easily can fire up the heart."
29 Feb 2012 Interview: Hugh Cornwell, The Uniter
Surviving punk
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"With a tour, shooting a film in Spain and a new book in the works, time is a commodity for Cornwell."
29 Feb 2012 Interview: JJ Burnel, Dunfermline Press
Life as a Strangler
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""We've been able to explore different avenues, some more successful than others. There's quite a variety in the material. If look at 'No More Heroes' and 'Golden Brown' there's no comparison. You'd think it's a different band."
29 Feb 2012 Hugh Cornwell in Des Moines

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28 Feb 2012 Review: Giants
Album Review: The Stranglers – Giants
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"The combination is lacking in fanciness but for what The Stranglers lack in interesting complexity they make up for with an array of songs which are, by and large, excellently varied."
28 Feb 2012 Review: Giants
The Stranglers – Giants
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"... Giants often sounds more like four session musicians engaging in half-hearted pastiche than a serious attempt to pursue new directions"
28 Feb 2012 Review: Giants, GrumpRocker
The Stranglers - Giants Review
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"Baz Warne delivers a snarling performance that is a benchmark of how punk should sound in 2012. The storytelling of a road trip is thrown about with the vengeance and disdain that makes The Stranglers’ continued musical journey a fulfilling one."
28 Feb 2012 Hugh Cornwell in Kansas City
27 Feb 2012 Interview: JJ & Baz on Radio Eins
JJ Burnel and Baz Warne interview on Radio Eins. Tracks played – Adios from the album Giants, and performed live in the studio – Dutch Moon from the album Norfolk Coast. Listen online here
27 Feb 2012 Hugh Cornwell in Denver

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26 Feb 2012 Brian Moore selects Always The Sun for Desert Island Discs
Rugby player Brian Moore chose Always The Sun for his choice of selected records for his Desert Island Discs appearance. BBC download available here
26 Feb 2012 Review: Giants
The Stranglers - Giants (album)
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"'It's greasy and it's British' was how Baz Warne once described the opening track to The Stranglers' seventeenth studio album, when it was used as a main theme in the film Suckerpunch - a soundtrack composed by JJ & Baz back in 2008."
26 Feb 2012 Review: Giants
The Stranglers - Giants (2012) - Album Review
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"Adios is unlike anything else the Stranglers has done, but it might be one of their best songs."
25 Feb 2012 Interview: JJ Burnel on BBC Radio Sussex
JJ Burnel interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex, Danny Pike show to chat about The Sranglers formation and their latest album. Tracks played – Another Camden Afternoon, Golden Brown, Strange Little Girl. Listen again on BBC iPlayer until 2nd March 2012