The Stranglers - Guildford, Star Inn - 6 Feb 2019 - 45 years on from their first gig

From South Today - broadcast 6 Feb 2019

[@michaelplatter3281]

R.I.P. Dave Greenfield. Real man in black. He gave The Stranglers their marvelous, inimitable and distinctive style in music.

[@Teeb2023]

He did indeed.

[@jackiebrown7229]

Sadly covid got poor Dave. Can't believe we'll never hear his unique sound live again. RIP Dave and thanks so much for Golden Brown. Jet Black is 81! My God!

[@spinny2010]

Fell in love with Golden Brown age 10 when it was released. Still love it dearly. Poor Dave. RIP

[@Tobysauer]

Rest in peace Dave, thankyou for the music!

[@michaellucas6466]

As said before..great to see Jet back with the lads. Still bloody awesome live.

[@thierryrault3951]

So good to see Jet Black again!!!

[@andyhewitt7603]

Love them.Sad to see jet getting older but the memories will live with me forever especially loch Lomond gig.

[@leedsboy64]

Have to give a shout about Baz he is and has been a brilliant member of a very fine band RIP DAVE

[@joaobarbosa9863]

I saw couple of times in Cascais Portugal Awesome great times unforgettable. We are all old guys now but that generation still the best

[@R-bobo]

Saw them in Lancaster university back in the 80s pure magic

[@jerrybailey5797]

Great band first time lmsaw them was in 1979 at the Cols..... (oops not aloud to say that name anymore !) In Bristol, with my mat Martin when 'the Raven' album came out . Great Live band Gonna miss Dave Greenfield , best keyboard player ever RIP Dave 🙏

[@SteveWebbModels]

Gig in Manchester - My mum and Dad allowed me to go eventually. I got dressed in the gear down at the bottom of the drive. Got tut tuts and stared at on the train and loved it. On the way back after the concert. We said we'd leave during oncore or we'd miss the train, but we didnt leave? How could we seats were flying the Apollo was rocking... It was easy we'd get a Taxi.. Punked up sweaty with hair colouring and make up running, the first time being a punk that I realised it sometimes caused problems. We flagged down the taxi, it was raining, he pulled the window down and we said politely ' can you get us to the train station please we are going to miss the train' and the taxi driver took one look and said ' F off... and drove off. All I can say it didn't put us off and that wasn't the last train that was missed. Saw Hugh years ago at a book signing. Nice bloke. He did some acoustic versions of his songs. Its sad that Hugh and JJ are not friends , but they were in a certain time and a certian place and no one can change that? Should they get back together. No the current Stranglers have their own career they've been together longer than the Hugh Period. They are still explosive live and to this day know one inspired me to play bass like JJ did. I now play guitar as well. I make noises. - sometimes I play a few stranglers bass lines... I would love to crack Genetix.

[@JF-kv1gm]

Wow, what great memories related to the Stranglers, thanks for sharing them! I never got to see them, sadly. I think they must've played Cardiff Uni when I was studying in the city, cos I bumped into Jet Black in Boots on a Saturday afternoon - don't know which of us was more surprised! 😂 How sad that Dave Greenfield has left us, I realise in hindsight what an amazing musician he was.

[@seawolf6709]

R I P Dave greenfield you will be missed you will always be in our hearts

[@WordsleyBaggies]

The Mighty Stranglers..Only 12 when I first saw them and still going to see them 41 years later..only West Brom have been with me longer..Lol

[@freyallyn3894]

god, that must have been an amazing experience for a 12 year old!

[@flatfox70]

Great taste in music mate, shitty football club 😎😉

[@soulboygabicci5681]

Only the Stranglers have always performed better than the Baggies !

[@oliveroneill1388]

West what.

[@misterjones7929]

I saw Hugh Cornwell in Harpenden last week still going strong, sounding great and playing to a full house. Echoing the comments of others, it's a great pity that he didn't attend this gathering and more evidence that rock'n'roll feuds run very deep. It's odd to hear the Stranglers new boy commenting on the band's history.

[@NannyWhip]

The new boy's been in the band 20 years, ironically much longer than Hugh Cornwell was.

[@SteveWebbModels]

@@NannyWhip He's not really new. He's been with the band longer than Hugh

[@carolinehyndes7043]

I dont care if he has been there longer, Hugh was the original, no dis respect to Baz .

[@Awibrahor]

@Caroline Hyndes Agreed. And by far their most creative and exciting time was under Cornwell.

[@TheRobman]

Let's not forget that the last couple of albums with Hugh were crap, they had lost their way. They re-gained it when Baz joined, they got back to how things were, and the chemistry and joy between JJ and Baz is obvious. The last 3 Stranglers albums have been great. It's ok to like Hugh *and* the Stranglers, we don't need to just pick one.

[@Gill12283]

I'm old enough to remember the punk days but I never took much notice of it at the time... discovered the Stranglers recently on Spotify and now I'm a fan! Great band, they don't make 'em like that anymore!

[@ichbin4122]

and you still gets 6 LIKES

[@essexpaul6423]

One last time to see them live this year. Im going

[@MrWrightcaroline]

Saw them last week in Brest.Just love them.💖

[@dennisproctor2494]

What a great band

[@ClassNav]

The Star. Great pub.

[@gareth5000]

Thanks for uploading:)

[@seawolf6709]

Jet black still cool. Dave greenfield still cool jj Burnell still cool

[@stephenroche5107]

Good on you lads you took the piss out of top of the pops.

[@blancaroca8786]

they did a helluva lot more than that... they walked out halfway through bbc rock goes to college at guildford uni because some toffs didnt let the loyal guildford fans enter (still actually a great recording worth every penny), JJ demolished wall on tour in holland (google stranglers blondie sex pistols) they kept getting in prison Nice in Nice because toffs blamed the group when the students rioted, they tied a journalist to the eiffel tower without his trousers, they had fisticuffs with the Clash and repulsed simon Cowell with fans spitting and the list goes on. ...this is not the main reason I am a fan.

[@stephenroche5107]

blanca roca iI believe they also had fight with iron maiden back stage on top of the pops !

[@geoffjoffy]

Dave Greenfield is 70 this March 2019. Madness.

[@scousesonata]

Madness are all in their 60s

[@scooby1992]

RIP Dave .Aged 71 . Jet Black is 80 or 81 .

[@Awibrahor]

Sadly, even greater madness was soon to follow. David Greenfield RIP.

[@carolinehyndes7043]

Ok hate me if you want everyone but only Hugh should sing strange little girl, RIP Dave you legend .

[@josephmclaren2789]

I did an interview with JJ in 1986 and he said that if one of the current members of the band ever quit- that would be it no new members - wished they had have stuck by that

[@sparkymahoney4343]

Getting old is hard enough but it really sucks seeing your idols do so.

[@711honved]

Covid-19 will be responsible for the closure of up to 50% of Britain's pubs. I treasure the golden days of pub rock & the wonderful bands I saw.

[@nicolanicholson4339]

Unfortunately you're right..... And 'covid19' is not even what it says on the tin 😬

[@flatfox70]

@@nicolanicholson4339 yeah it's a complete load of old bollox don't fall for it

[@nigelprosser5692]

RIP Dave, 🙏🙏

[@StevenBucknall]

Big mouth JJB stopped them getting golden brown number one in an interview he talked about drugs, well he spilt the beans. but that's history...who hasn't made a mistake.. still I love the stranglers... and i still love HC

[@binitials]

well it was about heroin. What else would he answer. at least he was being honest.

[@robertroberts2666]

Aye Big Head is honest about many things especially his love of the ever increasingly totalitarian EU while bemoaning the people's vote in favour of Brexit. Not that it will ever happen! And his excuses for his band playing in the Zionist owned State of Israel. But there you go. Who would expect anything less from a Zionist owned Red like JJ?

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

JJ still sounds really browned off here about not getting to No 1, but Hugh said it was his fault, because Golden Brown was going up the Charts and JJ told the media it was about H. They then took it off their playlists. If he had kept schtum a bit longer they might have hit the goal. It would have come out eventually, but they would have had their No 1 by then. I think Hugh was quite bitter about it.

[@Teeb2023]

@@treasurehunteruk9718 _"I think Hugh was quite bitter about it."_ Yeah, that and a few other things.

[@danmoran485]

I went in there for a pint years ago. I was the only one there. I then went to the pig and whistle. Wonder where Gary and Liam are now?

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Wish i cudda been there.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

What does he say at 3.55? I have played it repeatedly but can't hear it. I think JJ is still angry they were robbed of their number 1.

[@vamboroolz1612]

The interviewer asks him, “ you can’t be seriously annoyed at that, though, can you?”

[@maciektrybuszewski9964]

Can't Hugh and JJ reunite for one gig? Before Jet's death. Roger and David could.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Even if they wanted to, I'm not sure if they even 'go together' now. Maybe one or two songs.... I saw Hugh live this week and he went through an hour or so of his Stranglers numbers after the interval. The song structures are the same but Hugh has so much more freedom. Don't think you can just staple that on top of what JJ and Co. do now. Roger and Dave, the same. Each have made their material their own.

[@SteveWebbModels]

Jets gonna Die?

[@maryaspinall-miles2358]

Sad now that reunion can never take place #RIP Dave

[@Teeb2023]

Way, waaaay too much water has passed under that bridge. It will never happen, and would make Baz feel like a bit of a gooseberry.

[@ichbin4122]

@@SteveWebbModels non...well...not before 2035 anyhow

[@stephenroche5107]

Funny jean stating they have had loads of number two's. 😃

[@tomdonahue4224]

I liked the Weather Report at the end of it....So is weatherman easiest job in England? Um, Rain everyday?

[@mummyd1990]

Rip Dave Greenfield.

[@patrickwest3518]

do a one of hugh.for gods sake jj make up other bands do.it would be awsome and it would be a sell out.

[@petermitchell6348]

Who on earth is Baz Warne? Never heard of him.

[@geemonster9179]

R.I.P Dave Greenfeld and no more Hugh Cornwell, they're not the Stranglers any more.

[@Teeb2023]

I'm also a stubborn "No Stranglers without Hugh" old git, but TBH this current line-up's latest album is good. I mean really good! Still doesn't change anything, for me, but it really does stand up on its own merits.

[@Colin-ro6lh]

Hate it when people film off the TV the sound is always bad / tinny etc

[@Mark_Ocain]

Shame Hugh wasn't there to make his mark for the cause

[@stepheng8779]

That bloke soooo Partridge 😂

[@charlesheaney5297]

Who is better.

[@bepitan]

the real reason they didn't get to number one with golden brown is because jj burrell stupidly let it slip that the song was about heroin and so it got banned.

[@bohsgerry]

is the pub still going...spose i should GOOGLE it...........................jaysus long live puNk...1976/77...and i time when you had to THINK rather than letting a mind corporation do it for you...long live 999,Lurkers,Skrewdriver(before the bolitics took over)etc etc

[@robertwatson5104]

For gods sake guys,, knock it on the head now

[@spinny2010]

Is the cause of the rift common knowledge? Such a shame coz they were such a great band.

[@MachinesOfInterest]

Who's the bald bloke ?

[@rayoss232]

different singer so not really the same, the best songs were already done before the replacement singer came, cant replace Hugh

[@rayenbow3281]

The real Stranglers don't exist anymore. They WERE the best, now a mere bunch of fellows living off past glories. Sad but true.

[@lilpumpupthejam9302]

who cares, thats life

[@SteveRes]

Yep. This is just embarrassing. Like a psychedelic episode of Last Of The Summer Wine. Dave and his false teeth, Jet and his cane, that bald uncharismatic oaf replacing the legendary Hugh. Breaks your heart.

[@stephenlisson1994]

MY GOD!!!!! you wanker. What are they suppose to do? Sit back and wither away. I'm 63 bloody years old. I sure wish I could play like them. Yes they were an amazing band, back in the day. When Hugh left, all you so called fans, just panned them and didn't give them a chance. Baz came along and in my opinion, did a good job taking over for Hugh. If you slag these guys off.....what about the Stones. Now there's a band to slag off. Lets get out the violins for all the fans that are crying over these guys trying to continue. You can all piss off.

[@ianlowden6168]

SteveRes Why so much venom? Please be respectful.

[@d.thomasmoore3020]

And what glories are you living off mate, Oh and by the way Ray your last album SUCKED.

[@gordonthomson5599]

Tos oot presenters

[@oliveroneill1388]

Baz is a pain in the hole 😅