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.


Wednesday, 10 September 2025

20 From '87 (10) Husker Du Mc Donough Field Emory University Atlanta GA 23rd October 1987

 


Now here's a band that were very in vogue in the second half of the 1980's. As such they were on my horizon but I never really went after them as a band. I remember whilst in sixth form one of my mates latched on to them. We played the first live album, 'Land Speed Record' and being unacustomed to US hardcore at that time, how we laughed. I am listening to it now as I type this and I like it! In the years that followed that release they developed into a more melodic band and became beloved of the British music press. Of their later output I only know a handful of songs, 'Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely', 'Books About UFOs', 'Could You Be The One'..... Bob Mould went on to further success after the demise of Husker Du with Sugar.

Husker Du would only play eight more gigs after this one before an acrimonious split.

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Artwork: https://we.tl/t-25dzj86LV5



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