JJ Burnel King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow 26th November 2005

Someone recently requested some Glasgow gigs, so here is one with a difference. As part of a series of gigs arranged in conjunction with music chain Soundcontrol, a friend John Buchanan (then working with Soundcontrol) was involved in getting this gig together at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. As I suggested in the first line of the post, this is not a typical Stranglers related gig in Glasgow, certainly not what JJ was anticipating. Never intended to be a normal gig, and clearly billed as a Q&A/anecdote based appearance, the evening wasn't what a small section of the crowd was expecting and they let their feelings be known, very vociferously (drink had been taken), from start to finish of the 1 hour performance.

To his credit, JJ handled the situation admirably, but I understand, at the end, a quiet exit was made from a side door of the venue.

A recording from Bristol a few days earlier show that the set was rather curtailed as a result of the heckling idiots. Quality is not great, but it serves as an interesting document of a night out in Glasgow.

Here's some artwork courtesy of MeAnIe.

FLAC: http://we.tl/CRmxq5F7Wu

01. Chat
02. Dagenham Dave
03. Chat
04. Skin Deep
05. Chat
06. European Female
07. Chat
08. Un Jour Parfait (abandoned)
09. Chat
10. In The End
11. Chat
12. Where I Live
13. Chat

Did You Miss Me When I was Away?...... (can you say that anymore!?)

Apologies for the silence. This has been due to a recent computer meltdown that has prevented any posting on this site for some weeks. There's no lack of interest in taking the site forward and I will be carrying on as normal, starting with some recent Ruby Tour recordings for your listening pleasure.

The Corn Exchange, Cambridge 28th March 2014

To contrast with the two European gigs, that together made up the Wonky Bus IV adventure, here's one from the UK leg, this time from Cambridge. Many thanks to Chatts for the time and the effort to document it and to Big Andy for the photos.

FLAC: http://we.tl/TDpnlyuXAS

Artwork: http://we.tl/iT0dqVXdSu

01. Intro-London Lady
02. No More Heroes
03. Coup De Grace
04. Was It You?
05. Threatened
06. Summat Outanowt
07. Peasant In The Big Shitty
08. Still Life
09. Peaches
10. Midnight Summer Dream
11. Golden Brown
12. Thrown Away
13. Never To Look Back

01. Nuclear Device
02. Skin Deep
03. Time To Die
04. Lowlands
05. Valley Of The Birds
06. Nice 'N' Sleazy
07. Walk On By
08. Freedom Is Insane
09. Duchess
10. 5 Minutes
11. Hanging Around
12. Encore-Norfolk Coast
13. Something Better Change
14. All Day And All Of The Night
15. Encore-Tank

The Wonky Bus Hits The Road Once More - Le Splendid, Lille 19th April 2014 and Patronaat, Harlem 18th April 2014

For those intrepid fans who made the trip across The Channel for two excellent gigs that rounded of the European leg of the Ruby tour, here is a souvenier of the event. It comes in the form of an excellent sounding recording of the gig from Le Splendid in Lille.

Thanks to Chatts99 for his efforts here. This has previously been posted on Dimeadozen, but many of you will either be unaware of the site or unable to access the site.

Thanks then are due to Chatts and of course to our events organiser Owen for his sterling efforts in ensuring yet another seamless operation!

01 Intro-Toiler On The Sea
02 No More Heroes
03 Was It You
04 Threatened
05 Relentless
06 Peasant In The Big Shitty
07 Peaches
08 La Folie
09 Midnight Summer Dream
10 Golden Brown
11 Always The Sun
12 Thrown Away
13 Nuclear Device
14 Skin Deep
15 Time To Die
16 Lowlands
17 Nice 'N' Sleazy
18 Walk On By
19 Freedom Is Insane
20 Duchess
21 5 Minutes
22 Hanging Around
23 Encore Break-Norfolk Coast
24 Something Better Change
25 All Day And All Of The Night
26 Encore Break-Tank

FLAC: http://we.tl/2cuJQircow

Artwork: http://we.tl/I33Hp8U6JQ

Hold the back pages! I have also now had the blessing from ianmacd to upload his excellent recording of the Patronaat gig in Haarlem the previous evening, thus completing the Wonky Bus IV set. Many thanks Ian! Thanks are also due to Marcel van Ooosterhout for permission to use his brilliant shots of the Haarlem gig for the purposes of creating some artwork.

01. Intro
02. Toiler On The Sea
03. No More Heroes
04. Was It You?
05. Threatened
06. Banter
07. Relentless
08. Peasant In The Big Shitty
09. Peaches
10. Midnight Summer Dream
11. Golden Brown
12. Always The Sun
13. Never To Look Back
14. Thrown Away

01. Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)
02. Skin Deep
03. Time To Die
04. Lowlands
05. Nice 'N' Sleazy
06. Walk On By
07. Freedom Is Insane
08. Duchess
09. 5 Minutes
10. Hanging Around
11. Encore Break
12. Banter
13. Norfolk Coast
14. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
15. All Day And All Of The Night
16. Encore Break
17. Tank

FLAC: http://we.tl/kGN8gFlQJj

Artwork: http://we.tl/OhIgncMFi7

Cheers,

Adrian x

Dave says 'Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrr!!'

(Not) The Captain's Birthday Party - The Forum 24th April 2014

User's of Britain's transport network beware, the Captain has his bus pass!

Tonight's gig promises to be something out of the ordinary. A great celebration of the inspirational music of the late '70's.

Happy Birthday Mr Burns!

DVD Artwork For the ARET Streamed Paris Concert (L'Olympia 7th April 2014)

ARTE filmed the bands recent showcase performance at L'Olympia in Paris on 7th April. The footage is of the full 2 hour long set and is brilliantly filmed. Available through the link provided on the official site (here), I have pulled together some artwork for the DVD (DVD compatible versions are available on other sites).

A high quality pdf version can be downloaded via this link: http://we.tl/1oxYr2RJCX

26th October 1977 and The Stranglers Feel The Long Arm Of The Law In Brighton

JJ and Jet contemplate their day in court (not to be the last!)

Brighton October 1977

On The No More Heroes tour, a misunderstanding between the Sussex Constabulary and JJ, Jet and Finchley Dennis after the band's gig at the Top Rank Suite in Queen's Road, Brighton, resulted in an overnight sojourn in Brighton nick.

Here's the report as it appeared in The New Musical Express the following week (5th November 1977).