The Stranglers - lIve at the Hope 'n Anchor Nov. '77

[@flatfox70]

Can't believe I'm seeing this footage for the first time tonight ! I'm speechless wow amazing thank you so much 😮

[@thehanterman1]

Just listen to that Bass. Kin excellent footage.

[@markcutts383]

+thehanterman1 JJB. The driver. Co driver - Dave. Hooky from New Order/ Joy Division a nod please.

[@obiessen]

yes the sound changed, this one i like somuch

[@calsed]

I'm so happy so many people appreciate this band as much as I do. Preposterously underrated, rock and roll brilliance.

[@robertboscia9802]

1:15 I never heard of them....first time exposure.....I love it when I can still find music that I am hearing for the first time.....I am a child of the late 60s thru 80s

[@geoffw1209]

Not underrated at all.

[@toffeeriot4219]

Explain why they're underrated.

[@alanmangan424]

No you are wrong Totally appreciated

[@Ack359]

They had huge commercial success! A greatest hits albums that still sells well etc

[@herb79]

the Stranglers at their menacing best! This band never really have gotten the credits they deserved for being one of the most interesting bands coming out of the punk era.

[@FRENCHFILMBLURRED]

Nevertheless no punks at all. Just right wing anarchists

[@patrickjmt]

man, that is sweet footage

[@sheikhyaboooty]

I remember well at the time how the Stranglers were considered by the muso media, mainly the NME. They were slated constantly as not being "real" punks, whatever that meant. Looking back nearly 40 years the truth is they were about the best, the loudest, the naughtiest and the most punk of them all.

[@leejoliver]

and JJ was the hardest - by far!

[@adap2it]

not real punks because they could really play!!!

[@adap2it]

I don't think any of them were "punks". They were excellent musicians and song writers with a "punk" attitude. The '76 -'78 era was not good for real musicians, and the Stranglers knew that in order make records you needed to "current".

[@bobgreen623]

You could say the same about XTC

[@blancaroca8786]

At that time with peaches and heroes, straighten out etc, and just watch strange little girl official video for punk ness, the stranglers were regarded in the street as a major element of the backbone of punk. By folk who don’t even read music press, just get on with their lives and go to stranglers concerts and buy their records which prolly sold more than all other punk bands combined! Even Simon Cowell hated them because people spat and pogoed at the gigs. Stranglers lyrics widely criticize everything establishment, the essence of punk. Watch them mock bbc top of pops by not doing the miming properly as protest and the surrey uní debacle. And the classic breaking down the wall in Holland when performing with pistols and Blondie. And getting arrested on every other tour. Well punk by any definition.

[@tomasitapazos7229]

DAVE GREENFIELD R.I.P. #Icon 'MORE HEROES IN HEAVEN'

[@keyboardresource]

Fast and fluid. Way better than Ray Manzarek of The Doors for example.

[@sunnypedaal]

@@keyboardresourceput manfred mann to it and the golden trio is complete

[@Charles61284]

JJ you are so right something better, best bass player ever.

[@anthonymitchell8893]

Now in 2021/22 more than ever

[@stoneage1971]

RIP Jet Black & Dave Greenfield

[@baggies5468]

First saw The Stranglers in 1979 when I was 13. Seen them over a 100 times since. Still my all time favourite band,made me feel young again.Cheers!

[@deanwilson1684]

You lucky bastard.

[@billybearuk]

Great video,Fantastic band, saw them in 77 and 15 times since. shame Hugh left he was awesome on stage.This music makes my fuckin life.

[@MsRooey]

Courtesy of John Peel they were life-changing.....been with me for 35 years....got over teenage crushes..JJB...and seen skill of Jet Black....but only thing hasn't changed is my enduring love for them...yes even MeninBlack....

[@calsed]

I totally agree. I'm so enthused about this band. My favorite rock & roll song is their "Hanging Around."

[@radiocontrolled9181]

The energy in the music, the angst, the true values in the lyrics of good ol' rock-'n'-roll... long lost and today we all know what world we live in thanks to all the fake snowflake plastic role models our new generations adore. The 90's was the last good thing that happened in the rock scene thanks to the grunge era. After that it all went downhill.

[@LenaKrupinski-vg5wi]

True ! Amazing musicians ! My favourite from the punk era by far !🌹🌠💜🎸🌹🎼🎶

[@JHatLpool]

This is absolutely brilliant.

[@brad42948]

First class. How I wish music - and masculinity - had not died in the 80's.

[@piersgrowcott8179]

I'm a 61 year old massive stranglers fan from peckham in s.e.london and followed em round the country and met them on a few occasions and i have to say everyone of em top top geezers and everyone associated wiv em,roadies,managers etc and they NEVER changed when they hit the big time they always found time for their fans and still do,a f*****g brilliant band,cheers all the best,Piers a.k.a. Chopper.

[@andrewtozerfineart9623]

Damn right

[@truemansparks]

Absolutely Fookin brlliant!!i saw them in manchester in 82 they were fantastic and plkayed loads of there older stuff i was only fifteen and will never forget it!

[@wikidub]

absolutely almighty! I saw them lots of times around this time period in various locations in london when I was a nipper (along with The Pirates and Dr Feelgood) and the energy was incredible. I thought they were fairly old blokes at the time, but now, watching this vid, they look soo young!!! How time changes perception. Brilliant band.

[@payasa2131]

Great observation. Yes, I thought they appeared ‘older’ at the time too.

[@Chrisamusic1]

This band meant everything to me. Something better change was a call to arms. An incredible live band, with fantastic tunes, and a depth that no other punk band could dream about. Stunning stuff. .

[@ursseiler1552]

LOVE your comment,. Straight from the heart.

[@km6xu]

Ditto. I was glued to BRMB, doing my best at mental telepathy, hoping for more.

[@robinbatdroppings162]

I saw the Stranglers play a gig at de Montford Hall in Leicester when I was a student circa 1982 - and they played a truncated 30 minute set - and I seem to remember Hugh Cornwell making incessant digs at students, even though he himself had attended Surrey University to read Chemistry ! But, I've always liked their stuff - No More Heroes is one of my favourite all-time albums.

[@miket1783-j5j]

That Bass was the soundtrack to my youth.

[@rubyweed]

awesome, loved them then, still lovem, seen them 8/9 times, n due to see them next month. love JJ

[@spookyboo22]

My favourite band of all time!!

[@bilebeast]

Thanks a bunch Wid. Ya went outta yer way there. I'm considering getting my mexican P done up the same way. As much as the solid black is very signature stranglers, I've always loved the clash of JJ's throaty playing coming out of something bright green.

[@nxtmaster]

Call it what u like - it was and still is great music performed by very talented musicians - stands the test of time 30 yrs on. Long live The Stranglers !

[@punkplaylistsyearbyyear6263]

8 years later and I still agree.

[@ottodidakt3069]

@@punkplaylistsyearbyyear6263 14 years later and I also still agree !

[@ElectricWeekend]

Absolute perfection!

[@jonathanmitchell9886]

One of the greatest bands of their era. Nothing tops the moody magic of those first two albums.

[@boojiboy2275]

First three albums. Black and White also brilliant.

[@PD-jj4fo]

@@boojiboy22754 albums. The Raven is brilliant

[@davesherliker8425]

There's good, very good, excellent, absolutely brilliant...then there's The Stranglers

[@Chrisamusic1]

Just fantastic.

[@bankie59]

Simply the best of the best!!!!!

[@TheKingTubby1]

bloomin bloody marvellous stuff

[@StrawberrySunday212]

Without question JJB is up there with some of the best bassists ever

[@thomasandersen6719]

I don't think so.....

[@HarryFlashman.]

​@@thomasandersen6719You're wrong Tommy, but thanks for your opinion.

[@thomasandersen6719]

@@HarryFlashman. I like JJB a lot. He has that raw powerful way of playing. Don't get me wrong. What I responded to was the "one of the best bassists EVER". That must includ a small elite group of bass players and I just don't think he is at that level

[@ladysouthwold]

I really fancied him too….

[@unclebarbar]

No. You're wrong. He is THE best.

[@richardgrant418]

Thanks for sharing a real gem 😊😊😊😊

[@tigerman445]

Energy...Real...Brilliant.

[@neandertroll]

Just seen this for the first time. Brilliant.

[@MrQuincy63]

fantastic,but the stanglers without hugh cornwell and hugh without the stranglers is just not the same thing.they need eachother.

[@complicitytheory]

Such an outstanding recording.

[@hugodaytona]

I did see the Stranglers in plymouth around this time Fantastic band great time to have seen them.

[@darkelf2674]

Musically gifted genius, with attitude and an immense number of top quality tracks!!!

[@papapoodo6685]

6:13!! Thank you!! Incredible band!!

[@allfantasticimages]

Two brilliant songs.

[@jockmartin]

beautifuly raw,a great band.

[@terrythekittie]

Whether they were punk or not never mattered..the fact is they were original... a sound that can't be confused to this day...and a canon of great clever music whether aggressive or tender......Still in my top four fave bands of all time.....and the most under rated band of all time. No More Heroes..what an understatement today!

[@jkarn8]

Numèro uno for me, always

[@Tcb0835]

I don't remember at the time there being this punk rock purity testing of bands that goes on now. I just remember it as a time of new, exciting music, before all the studded leather jacket and Mohican 'punks' became de rigueur.

[@JANER64]

Great stuff, JJ Burnel...best Bass player ever.

[@bobgreen623]

@JANER64 My band in 1977 supported the Stranglers a couple of times. I had the great privilege of getting my ears permanently damaged while on stage dancing right next to JJ's bass rig. I still love that sound

[@HangingWood]

Just fantastic. I want to get up and do the pogo but my arthritis hurts me too much LOL.

[@andrewlatona9271]

Saw them so many times at the late , great Glasgow Apollo , strippers , rucks with the bouncers , every gig was a belter, love em to bits!

[@alanchadwick2646]

Same in Manchester , loved that time

[@stirk999]

hope and anchor , the stranglers , dont get any better

[@pifjehey]

My favourite band behind the Damned...

[@MsAlien911]

Hands down my favourite punk band. Now its 2023, and they still tour. Legends!

[@TOGGGAA1]

I absolutely love this version of these songs. Especially the bass. It has much more attitude

[@G0IFI]

I remember thinking how old Jet Black was to be in a 'punk' band when I saw them in '79 (He was 41 or 42 I think). Older than my mum and dad were :) Great, great band though.

[@olafbigandglad]

I didn't think there was any way that could be right, so I looked it up, and yeah, he was born in 1938. Geeez.

[@triumphadelic]

Vi Subversa ( Poison Girls) beats that at (20 June 1935 - 2016 ) and she was one of the best - M'Boro, Rock Garden with Crass 1980 comes to mind...

[@olafbigandglad]

@@triumphadelic I saw the Poison Girls in Toronto in I want to say October of 1985. Vi completely rocked.

[@markc1990]

JJB, that Bass... Brilliant.

[@itgetseasierlessitry]

The intellectuals of Punk who could be as badass as the best of them. Still going strong, but would love to see Hugh back in the reunion line-up.

[@crisnally6273]

vicious bass guitar love em , going to see them in Perth , Australia in April 2016

[@sismg]

jj best ever bass player

[@MsAlien911]

Farrrrrr out! Rip dave. Great footage

[@mylesjj100]

RIP Jet Black

[@aldershot5100]

The rawness-the filthy venues-the buzz of the time.Nothing will ever compare to those days of huge social change

[@TomTremayne]

What social change? We're just as fucked as ever!

[@dorengarcia5097]

There are always, always new undergrounds and new ideas and new bands. It didn't end with your generation.

[@thaismile2205]

YOU GOT IT IN ONE MATE

[@mummyd1990]

Excellent.

[@Mr1DanSmith]

Brilliant song. Brilliant lyric. Brilliant band.

[@msimms-lp5qw]

15 years old,Saw them do heroes on TOTP , brought the album ,discovered rock and roll. First 3 albums , play em all back to back never skip a track. Epic

[@colincoulter4931]

That bass sound 😍

[@robertbuilder8001]

One of the greatest bands of all time for me.

[@GianLuNicoGazNevada]

Thank u very much!!! :-)

[@willieluncheonette]

ONE MORE STRANGLERS VIDEO WITH TWO OF THEIR GREATEST SONGS. These were filmed live at the Hope & Anchor, a small club in Islington (North London) that hosted a punk festival from November 12---December 15, 1977. (There is a double album from that festival that includes the Stranglers, the Saints, The Only Ones, X-Ray Spex, 999, the Suburban Studs and XTC.) No More Heroes was released as a single in September 1977 and Something Better Change was also a single in July 1977. If you don't know the Stranglers, get hip G+ers. This is a damn fine band.

[@jonblazeinc]

Bit surprised they was invited on any punk festival after getting cut out the punk Weekender a year earlier in 76

[@andrewjones9994]

Do you know the name of the album and if its still available

[@londonphotographer]

@@andrewjones9994’Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival’

[@Stranglerxx77]

I was a young punk in the late seventies and saw the stranglers and the clash Etc and they were both the best live bands at the time and remember buying strangled Fanzine

[@xandrewbrown]

Awesome power trio with some humping keys mixed in to boot. Could it get any better?????!!!!

[@zolfodor4835]

The sound & tone of that bass 🎸🎸👌👌❤️❤️

[@hardcorepunk24]

JJ is a badass. hands down. top three bassists of punk/hardcore: randy rampage, jean-jacques burnel, klaus fluoride

[@simonmccreery3295]

brilliant

[@christophermitton9276]

They had top songs: I like peaches, nice n sleazy, golden brown, strange little girl etc. they had good songs in abundance.

[@andrewgrimes4311]

great music venue....beer ,sweat, music , good smoke, boogy , great times.

[@richardheedfpv9626]

Saw them in Manchester. Brilliant.

[@shuribell]

@goldblade Took a pic of JJ playing that bass at the Roundhouse in Nov '77. It certainly was a memorable image. Ace!

[@BOBKOOL700]

I remember seeing this band in 1982 in Sydney Australia I was right up the front right in front of the bass players speaker box...When it was time to go home I remember starting my car and I could'nt hear the engine running...The Stranglers had given me temporary deafness.LOL.

[@rahman020264]

Jack Frost last gig I went to I was offered ear plugs due to the health & safety regs?! WTF ! - butt plugs more like....

[@jonnowillsteed6629]

Yep. I recall after seeing them a few times back in the late 70s having highly reduced hearing for a day or two after. You'd exit and be almost deaf; being kids we thought this pretty fun/cool!

[@83BBryan]

Exactly! They were a great band period. Whatever style of people tend to regard them as is irrelevant. The music they made was fuckin boss any way you slice it.

[@FP51DPO]

Genetix.... that is the greatest ever ever in history bass line....!!

[@rtcharge]

Used to see them in London. Now I’m 60 time flew

[@nuuuurrr]

One of the first bands i really got into back in the day, first 3 albums are classics, as with the t shirts here.

[@User58747]

Burnell on bass and Cornwell on vocals!

[@racializedkanadian]

Maaaaaaaaan what a BAND !!!

[@thodystack]

Two weeks beforee seeing these , I had seen Barkiey James harvest in the same city ,

[@MrQuincy63]

used to be my hangout back in those days.

[@michaeldean7220]

Best punk band by distance. All the punk attitude but critically they could play their instruments and write a decent tune. That growling JJB bass tone and Greenfield's rippling keyboards were an incredible combination.

[@BJ-mb2ug]

Hearing "Something Better Change" makes me super excited.

[@blenkas]

Me too. I get wet. I dildo myself sometimes watching JJ

[@Nickdeprose]

Raw brilliant

[@sqnkk]

Really a progressive rock band that jumped on the punk bandwagon. But I'm glad they did!

[@calsed]

'Bring back Cornwell'? Well we all get older -- just look at these youthful passionistas, playing like gods!

[@jazazaz]

This is gold mate, thanks for passing it on. No words are necessary about the band.`

[@andrewdavies4955]

Yes 100%

[@PaulBriden]

I did not realise when i was 14, but listening to it now, the Stranglers were way ahead of anybody else musically at the time.....One of lifes great misses was not seeing the Stranglers in there pomp...Oh well, we all have a cross to bear.

[@CletisVanDam1]

The Stranglers are Punk. They wore it proudly but didn't let it confine them musically. Their desire to break through and get radio airtime in the US drove them to tone down the punk sound on later albums like Feline and la Folie or whatever it was called. But they left behind a legacy of some of the best rock albums ever made. And yes, they were punks.

[@deyoungparker]

Part of this video was shown in 24 Hour Party People. Shaun and Paul Ryder, as teenagers, are watching it on television while eating dinner with their old man. Their dad loves it ("The Stranglers...amazing, class act.") Paul and Shaun hate it ("They're a bunch of wankers!") and change the channel to Karl Denver singing "Wimoweh". Hilarious scene.

[@phoenixw2]

They were the biggest band of my youth, and I saw them about 10 times from 77 on. Amongst the panoply of new wave and punk going on at the time. The thing with JJs sound, was always said to be (in the club fanzine, late 70's on) to be the fact that he used 'round-wound strings'. You'd get lots of pretty anal articles back then on precisely which make/model of string he used. I remember less (in fact nothing really) about how he was hitting the notes/frets. Hope that helps.

[@blancaroca8786]

the stranglers were the epitome of punk for many teenagers at that time and we should know better than the fancy music press scratching there own backs pretending to know it all with their cliques. Stranglers music was street cool and matched and alternative to the tremendous new disco and abba etc and general pop. And stranglers lyrics incredibly deep themes of politics and social issues from nuclear device Australia and Shah of Iran ... The greatest.

[@tonystephen6312]

not true they were not rated by your standard punks because of their skill. The musics more like raw psychedelia. They also atttracted prog heads. They were described at the time as violent psychedelia - cool.

[@blancaroca8786]

@@tonystephen6312 Curious original comment about psychedelia comparison!? BUT they toured first with Ramones and later with Clash and went to Holland with the Pistols and Blondie. Their first hits Peaches, Something Better Change, Straighten Out Were pure punk, fast aggressive screaming for social change, really they helped develop punk and attract fans to it. True soon they matured and curiously Rattus, Raven, La Folie have much psychedelia elements particularly keyboards. But you cannot simply put early stranglers into a laid back hippy vibe as they were agitating for social change fast! And their concerts had all the yuk spitting pogo and safety pins punk hair vests and general nutter fans... thankfully forgotten immaturity. I heard many of the women punk bands hung out with JJ or Hugh. I guess Jet was never young and Dave was pretty hippy ! I think your idea of “standard punk” might exclude many fairly normal lads and a few gals who were stranglers fans and also follow other punk new wave and thought of themselves as punk fans and sort of as punks but don’t go the full hog. Millions of people in UK and even the BBC classified them as punk. You can’t really redefine words.. Not all punk needs to be exactly like Sex Pistols. There can be range.

[@philipwatts9033]

Brilliant

[@johnanthonyp]

A grad 8 muso, JJ, These guys were brilliant

[@beefheart1410]

Buying "Black and White" in early 1977 would be good going; it wasn't released until 1978!

[@jpmacc94]

I take it you went to the tour two or three years ago were they played the whole of black and white ,,,,quality

[@stuartharrison165]

Got the free Walk On By 45 with it , best version by far

[@neshiah4747]

@@stuartharrison165 white vinyl. 🙏🏼

[@GianLuNicoGazNevada]

I subscrive your point of wiew about Stranglers liefe! Ciao!

[@unclemort1960]

@peakhouse good point when the 101ers played on the same bill as the stranglers joe told cornwall he wanted a band `just like yours`