Was never a massive fan but saw them at the Apollo late seventies, they were threatened with arrest if they had a stripper strip to nice& sleezy they surely did & James Anderton sent in the heavies when they’d finished.It will always be my next Stranglers gig.
Saw the Stranglers as part of a CSE show at RAF Akrotiri once...absolutely superb and even jammed as an encore with some lads from GEF who had formed a band ... it was certainly a gig to remember..Always wanted to get to one, great band
First gig. I'm in there somewhere. Near the stacks in front of Paul Simonon.
...deffo don't remember magazine at that one Tony Wilson got battered with pint pots, and John cooper Clarke did a free gig in the bogs.
@squirtyflower. Is this the one you were at mate? Siouxsie was there but I don't think Magazine played. Maybe Penetration?
Was at the nec gig 88 brilliant !Never thought Queen in 1974 and 75, Lynyrd Skynyrd 75 and 76, Thin Lizzy 77 etc could be beaten. But Prince NEC on his Lovesexy Tour 88 topped the lot.
Following that many came close, but it was eventually topped .... in 2014, by Prince again, this time at Manchester Academy.
I had their first three albumsThat would have been Black and White or the Raven album mate.
Looks like the Buzzcocks at Rock Against Racism, Alexandra Park. I was there and had a great time but hard to judge against a lot of gigs at the time .