STRANGLERS LONDON LADY

THE STRANGLERS (Get A) Grip (On Yourself), London Lady (United Artists UP 36211) February 1977 The Stranglers looked and sounded very nasty indeed. Just take a look at the picture sleeve showing the group in all of their unkempt glory. They all look like they haven t slept or been washed for days. True story: Back in 1979 (it had to be then cos I was in the 3rd year at Comp taking in a boring French dropped the subject a year later cos I was so shit at a lad in my class called Andrew Mole was a big Stranglers fan and had all of their records. I asked him what he thought of the new Stranglers single at the time and he replied that he didn t like The Stranglers anymore cos he was more into Jethro Tull. Jethro fucking Tull. The prog group fronted by a hippie standing on one leg playing a flute What the frig happened to his taste in music. I ve remembered this for 33 years.