Aural Sculptors - The Stranglers Live 1976 to the Present


Welcome to Aural Sculptors, a blog aimed at bringing the music of The Stranglers to as wide an audience as possible. Whilst all of the various members of the band that have passed through the ranks since 1974 are accomplished studio musicians, it is on stage where the band have for me had their biggest impact.

As a collector of their live recordings for many years I want to share some of the better quality material with other fans. By selecting the higher quality recordings I hope to present The Stranglers in the best possible light for the benefit of those less familiar with their material than the hardcore fan.

Needless to say, this site will steer well clear of any officially released material. As well as live gigs, I will post demos, radio interviews and anything else that I feel may be of interest.

In addition, occasionally I will post material by other bands, related or otherwise, that mean a lot to me.

Your comments and/or contributions are most welcome. Please email me at adrianandrews@myyahoo.com.


Sunday, 24 November 2024

The Skids The Bungalow Paisley 21st June 2024

 

Next up, The Skids! A band that I never really explored beyond the handful of singles that I had. On getting back together they had something of a stuttering restart but in the last few years have been touring heavily and just as importantly producing new music. Their most recent album, Destination Dusseldorf, being released in 2023. 

Shy and retiring frontman, Richard Jobson, has always been something of a raconteur and he brings his ability to talk to the stage to the extent that these days a Skids show is part gig, part stand up routine, but he does it very, very well indeed. That's not to take anything away from the music. I think that perhaps the Skids music was a little underated. Maybe critics struggled to see beyond a sometimes outragiously coiffured, cricket whites wearing singer who loved to cut the rug at every opportunity! 

They will go down a storm!

Thanks to malcolm769 for the upload to Dime.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-HFr9xeB9my

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-9K6aTNb7LS



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