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June 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 65: The Stranglers – “Rattus Norvegicus”

The late 1970s/early 1980s, the punk and post-punk, that’s the era/s and genre/s were I’m going to come up short in this challenge – and it’s the stuff I love; but I guess, age-wise, it’s a case of loving it now more so than then. So this is where you get situations like this: I’d […]
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November 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 213 – The Stranglers, Wellington, 2016

No doubt some people wanted to whinge and moan and say “It’s not really The Stranglers” – half a band at best – but usually those people are the ones who don’t go to the show. No one could have gone to this and been upset. It was all the hits – and yet it […]
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March 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

I Paid To Get In: I’ll Talk If I Want…

What do you reckon about this: you paid your money – if you want a beer and a chat that’s fine right? The music is just in the background anyway, especially the opening act that no one has heard of – and sounds like rubbish anyway. Am I right? Or – you paid your money. […]
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