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.


Saturday, 28 June 2025

Top 30 Punk Albums - A New Post Thread

I am a male of a certain age and whilst I am not one for spreadsheets (the only time I will open an Excel spreadsheet is if it is in work hours and I am getting paid for it) I have been known over the years to make lists. Here is one then, a Top 30 of punk albums. My opinion (obviously) and never cast in stone. If I wrote the list on a Monday it would be at least 30% different if I repeated the exercise on the Friday. What I will try to do here is pick an album and find as much contemporary press information related to it, reviews, release information, promo ad material etc. In addition, where possible I will do my best to include a recording from the tour associated with a given album. The order that the albums will be presented in will not represent any preference for one over another, it is enought to know that they are all in the top 30 somewhere.

Let's see how we get on then.

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