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

[@stoneage1971]

RIP Jet Black & Dave Greenfield

[@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.

[@thankyoudriver4219]

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

[@davesherliker8425]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 !

[@martinroberts6978]

47 years later and still BRILLIANT

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@Lenak2266]

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

[@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

[@jackell1000]

RIP Jet Black

[@flatfox70]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@michaelbolado81]

I am a 61 year old American. I found this band when this album was released. To this day, they are in my top 5 bands ever.

[@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!

[@patrickjmt]

man, that is sweet footage

[@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.

[@Charles61284]

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

[@anthonymitchell8893]

Now in 2021/22 more than ever

[@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.

[@miket1783-j5j]

That Bass was the soundtrack to my youth.

[@BJ-mb2ug]

Hearing "Something Better Change" makes me super excited.

[@blenkas]

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

[@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’

[@darkelf2674]

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

[@calsed]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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....

[@TOGGGAA1]

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

[@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.

[@karlwalters3763]

The sound of that base is something special!

[@allangreenwood]

base ?

[@MrSelectronics]

@@allangreenwood base?

[@jeffsimon9594]

Yeah it's Based, alright, as were the band

[@alanhug]

there will never be another band like these.the best.

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

Rubbish

[@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.

[@roblowther7517]

I saw the stranglers in carlisle market hall in.late 1977 just before I moved to Leeds to seek my fortune as a post punk musician, I didn't make the big time but the experience all round was worth it I live in Ireland now great country, they're tuned in like I was ti life ,Rob

[@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.

[@SKYSAW59]

I was there 🥰

[@ottodidakt3069]

lucky fuck

[@emmanueljf7059]

J'adore la punk attitude de JJ et sa basse de malade ! Clash et Stranglers mes 2 groupes punk préférés et de loin.

[@jkarn8]

C'est vrai, pour moi aussi, des 1977

[@malcolmbryant]

This clip is priceless!

[@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.

[@rogerbranton1752]

I wasn't able to catch live shows by all of my favourite bands but I did get to see the Stranglers TWICE when they blew through Toronto. I'm so glad for that!

[@ashleytaylor9651]

Mutt's nuts!! First band ever saw at 14 in Guildford, Guildford Stranglers!! Real band and real music!!

[@ElectricWeekend]

Absolute perfection!

[@sismg]

jj best ever bass player

[@spookyboo22]

My favourite band of all time!!

[@Quadrant14]

ahhh yes bought my first Album {cassette } in early 1977 , Black and White..still play the hell out of it.

[@gmantramp404]

Nope B&W was 78 3rd album 👍🤘

[@JHatLpool]

This is absolutely brilliant.

[@jasonroderix6603]

I'll be sharing the same stage as these guys next month 40 years later......

[@tigerman445]

Energy...Real...Brilliant.

[@spotthecat2412]

I was the "odd one out" at school, I loved The Stranglers, I'm, still the "odd one out" 40 years later!! Look in any dictionary for "massively underrated" and the first entry will be "The Stranglers". I always had a problem with the fact that Jet was the same age as my Dad!

[@jonnowillsteed6629]

I was oblivious to the age differential (re: JetB) back then. What I did know was he owned an ice cream van [his job] that he used to drive the band to their earliest gigs. Thinking about it, each had something of a deep/mysterious persona.

[@yassassin6425]

They are not "massively underrated" though - many of their albums are highly critically acclaimed as were their live appearances. Why is this "massively underrated" nonsense so prevalent on these comments sections?

[@gasattack99]

seen them(again) in bristol on wednesday(22nd oct)brilliant yet again, best band ever

[@jazazaz]

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

[@andrewdavies4955]

Yes 100%

[@billybearuk]

I saw them live in 1977 it changed my life.....

[@jayaybe1]

What happened?

[@blancaroca8786]

@@jayaybe1 whatever happened to all the heroes. If that is jj something happened or he’s wearing a mask with stick his fingers up his nose.

[@welshexile1963]

Classic have loved them since I 1st heard "No More Heroes" on a cassette!! Long Live themeninblack!

[@rubyweed]

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

[@seanthesheep666]

Always will be my fave band. I have my ticket to see them in Newcastle in March 2010.Hopefully they will tour for a bit more with Jet

[@lorettabibby214]

EXCELLENT ❤🌹✌ LOVE THEM Old & New Attitude. Unique Sound 9.09. 2022. Liverpool. England 🇬🇧 'Get A Grip' 💜💙👽

[@BlackRaven156]

I saw Hugh live in silverlake at El Cid playing with a three piece band and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen!

[@NinjaBoy137]

I first saw them at Manchester Apollo 13th Oct 1977. Love at first listen

[@johnbrown6012]

NinjaBoy137 same year but in plymouth, supported by the very bad Pop Group

[@Chrisamusic1]

Just fantastic.

[@daveyddd777]

brilliant-nothing around as good as this since the 70s

[@cam62blue]

Totally superb, got the album from this very gig and it's the best live album I've ever heard, full of great corny one liners from Hugh! and I'll still listen to this music when I'm 90 ffs!

[@londonphotographer]

Getting closer?! 😮🎉

[@jpmacc94]

saw them last night at the academy in Liverpool ,were they've played every March for last few years ,,,,still got it ,,,Dagenham Dave ,Bear cage ,done both and not heard those songs played live since I saw them years ago with Hugh Cornwall ,,,,,opened with the Raven ,,,fucking quality

[@BenNewton-c6z]

The Stranglers were one of my favourite Punk bands. I bought the album 'No More Heroes' in 1977 and loved its design. For sure, most commentators would classify the band as 'Punk' on the strength of this performance from the Islington pub - the whole Punk movement was very strong in north London. Yet in many ways, they represented pure British rock at its best - the band started out as the Stranglers Four in Guildford, Surrey in the UK in 1974 and were originally named after the four imprisoned IRA suspects for the Guildford pub bombings. True rebels and iconoclasts; witness the tabloid frenzy over their appearance live in Battersea Park in 1978 which featured - ahem - naked dancing strippers to accompany the song 'Nice 'n' Sleazy'. It used to be on KZbin until it was recently deleted ! The band were actually four very good and accomplished musicians who went with the times. Influenced for certain by earlier stuff from the likes of the Doors and the Velvet Underground - probably, too, other great acts like the Stones and the Who. It's interesting to see how they evolved into the 1980s from this raw, energetic Punk stuff into the more fluid and melodic music of the 'Golden Brown' era from 1982 onwards; yet that particular song - a top 40 single hit in the UK - went 'under the radar' as a track about heroin use - although Hugh Cornwell himself always maintained it was solely about a relationship with a young female. I saw them play live once in Leicester when I was at University there in the early 1980s when the band was promoting the 'Feline' album. Surprise, surprise - they finally appeared onstage at about 12 midnight when the gig with support started at about 7.30 pm ! But . . . still a classic British rock band - and I listen to their stuff to this day.

[@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!

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Great band! Must have been quite an experience to see them playing in that small basement venue on Upper Street back in the day!

[@geoffclarke8934]

Wow would love to have seen them live in '77.

[@gary8306]

What a find. Thankyou👍

[@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.

[@scottbaxendale323]

Hanging Around is one of the best songs ever!

[@papapoodo6685]

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

[@MsAlien911]

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

[@karlmask]

what a great video, thanks for posting. Great band. My first ever album, played it to death. Annoyed the parents, and rest of the family!

[@xandrewbrown]

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

[@TheKingTubby1]

bloomin bloody marvellous stuff

[@pjofurey6239]

Practically lived at the hope & anchor , they had a limit of 400 people downstairs I think , whenever our favourite bands played damned,stranglers,subs,etc there would be double the licensed number of punters downstairs and ev3n more upstairs bar and in the street , sweat would drip of the ceiling , great days to be a kid!

[@paulkavanagh3436]

love this raw rocking sound I weren't there but I wish I had been my sort of gig and tunes quality from the stranglers as always!! a fan👌👍

[@Hwral]

Excellent. Golden times.

[@complicitytheory]

Such an outstanding recording.

[@jamesnoble2753]

Absolutely BRILLIANT.

[@deadringerscwmbran]

didnt he play it, at that time, thru a big speaker cabinet, meant for a guitar, with most of the speakers blown!!! gives it the rough sound. what a legend!!! something better change is my all time fave stranglers song!! andrew, dead ringers!!

[@essexandy189]

Never seen this footage before just Brilliant

[@67roko]

aaahhh they don't make 'em like this anymore. great vid thanks for uploading.

[@EclecticWarrior]

Was there for this....and The Saints xxx Those were the days xxx

[@yassassin6425]

The Saints were a great band.

[@richardgrant418]

Thanks for sharing a real gem 😊😊😊😊

[@crisnally6273]

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

[@derekredmond5542]

Came across this just now,i became 20 again

[@howlsfish]

thanks for posting this - love The Stranglers

[@bankie59]

Simply the best of the best!!!!!

[@theobjectivethinker64]

They became a rock band, but very early on they were acting in a way that helped forge the Punk Scene. The Stranglers contributed to the fanzine called Sideburns with the famous 3 chord statement as an example. They were very Punk during 1976 but quickly distanced themselves once established.

[@chrisbowers85]

'PROPPA LONDON MUSIC! WHAT I LIVE FOR!

[@highamandassociates8366]

Yup !

[@oldgeezer3269]

Way ahead of their time The made some amazing tunes This being one of em My fav Something better change Massive energy 👌

[@67oldpunk]

Great stuff! saw The Stranglers loads of times , Barbarellas in Brum was the place to be!

[@anthonymitchell8893]

Was genie of the lamp there ?

[@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.

[@mikebryan7060]

Absolutely incendiary performance. Real punk rock in a pub. Just shows how good they were. Proper musicians. Genius.

[@patrickryan5570]

That boozer is down the road from where I live - only wished I had seen the Stranglers play live there - glad to see it still exists doing live music.

[@aristotle358]

It's been in my favourites a while; just revisited it. Top draw! I miss those days. Great all round performance!

[@robertlowemusic3157]

Love it. Love it. Love it.