The Courettes Ballonwiese Volksgarten Dusseldorf 23rd August 2025

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, 7 January 2026

The Courettes Ballonwiese Volksgarten Dusseldorf 23rd August 2025

Here's another gig from The Fabulous Courettes courtesy of Peter! As mentioned in the top 10 gig post earlier I had the pleasure of seeing the band twice late last year when they opened for Hugh. Following them now on Facebook they appear to fully deserve the 'hardest working band' title (wasn't this epithet once bestowed upon the UK Subs?). 110 gigs in 2025, fair play to them!