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, 14 March 2026

Siouxsie And The Banshees California Hall San Francisco 26th November 1980

 

Now's here's a gig that I would have loved to have witnessed, not so much for the Banshees, but for Vancouver's irrepressible D.O.A. who supported on the night. To have seen 'Kaleidoscope' era Banshees for sure have been a treat too. This soundboard captured gig was nothing but lively judging by the comments and admonitions coming from the stage (lots of spitting and fighting it would appear). I never really got the spitting thing and it should have died out by late 1980... having said that there was still plenty of gobbing to be seen at gigs in the mid-'80s! Thanks to Edge (101Guitars) for this one.

Siouxsie and the Banshees (along with The Creatures) are a band(s) that I saw a few times late in the day. Then, I never really ventured much beyond the singles so I am quite enjoying trawling their back catalogue (better late than never!) since I have all the albums... it's just that I didn't give them much airplay at all.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-0nHZ8XTmhf

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-WNVeyiZahR



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