The Stranglers - No Mercy (Live NRK Zting 1985)

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The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene. Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" bands to have originated in the UK punk scene.
Formed as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey,[note 1] they originally built a following within the mid-1970s pub rock scene. While their aggressive, no-compromise attitude identified them as one of the instigators of the UK punk rock scene that followed, their idiosyncratic approach rarely followed any single musical genre and the group went on to explore a variety of musical styles, from new wave, art rock and gothic rock through the sophisticated pop of some of their 1980s output.
They had major mainstream success with their single "Golden Brown". Their other hits include "No More Heroes", "Peaches", "Always the Sun" and "Skin Deep".
The Stranglers' early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield's keyboards. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell. Over time, their output gradually grew more refined and sophisticated. Summing up their contribution to popular music, critic Dave Thompson later wrote: "From bad-mannered yobs to purveyors of supreme pop delicacies, the group was responsible for music that may have been ugly and might have been crude - but it was never, ever boring."

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@jayne591 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite stranglers song and an all time fave! Brings back alot of great memories from that time in the 80s.

@aidanbrennan6587 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Dave Greenfield.you be sadly missed.you passed away on my birthday 3rd of May.my worst ever.a big thankyou for the music you gave us all.goodbye genius Dave.a musical legend.😢💔💕

@paulmajor8865 Жыл бұрын

We lost Jet BLack recently

@horstliebig1395 Ай бұрын

Das ist Musik.

@Jammy_dodger-1 Жыл бұрын

Cool as cucumbers. Glad I’m a bit in my 50’s & grew up with this & not the poop available today. 😂

@musicalgraffity 4 жыл бұрын

I have only 29 but I love the stranglers! I've seen them the 11/26/2019 the same day of my birthday at l'Aeronef at Lille in France (I'm French by the way), with my friend who's basically English and he's French now anyway ... .I love the stranglers! But not only! I'm sorry if it's not relevant or if ininteresting but it's one of my idols! I love them! Real fucking rebels!!

@littleghostfilms3012 3 жыл бұрын

No Mercy is the second song after Something Better Change on the Live From London album. When I bought it knowing little of The Strangler's music I heard those two songs and I knew in that moment I would love everything else on the album. And indeed I did! I only love them even more now the more I listen. What a great sound they have!!!