Some of this gig was released, part of a welcome but short lived series of live CDs culled from the archives of the BBC. The album was sta...

A combination of unearthing the Ruts DC 'Rhythm Collision' gig and landing a small haul of music papers from 1982, has set me off on...

 It's September 1982. The Stranglers are in the press again, but there is not much to promote. The band are in transition. Dropped by EM...

  To mark the start of the '51' tour in Leeds tonight, here is a bygone gig from the city (2013, twelve years ago... doesn't see...

  'Life's short, don't make a mess of it To the ends of the earth, you'll look for a sense in it No chances, no plans I'...

  Genuinely exited about this one! So, here's how it increasingly tends to work on the Aural Sculptors site. I have quite a large collec...

  Here's a video of 'Toiler On The Sea' being soundchecked somewhere, made available by Hugh back in 2011. Featuring the late, g...