‘Peaches’: The Stranglers’ attempt to reinvent reggae
“Looks like I’m gonna be stuck here the whole summer…”
The Stranglers
‘Rhythmic Itch’: When The Stranglers and Devo crossed paths
“Some say it was the style of the way he wore his clothes…”
The Stranglers and spaceships: The album that allowed synth to enter punk
An otherworldly obsession.
JJ Burnel picks his favourite prog rock song: “There’s one that always sticks in my mind”
The crucial influence of keyboardist Dave Greenfield.
‘Golden Brown’: the greatest pop song of all time without a chorus?
One of the finest pop songs of all time?
“It developed legs of its own”: The jazz classic that inspired The Stranglers’ ‘Golden Brown’
The waltzing jazz song behind a baroque-pop masterpiece.