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English punk rock band a punk rock band|the true crime podcast|Stranglers (podcast) Use British English May 2013 September 2020 Infobox musical artist | name = The Stranglers | image = The Stranglers (band).JPG | alt = | caption = The Stranglers performing in Chicago in 2013 | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Guildford, Surrey, England | genre = hlist|Punk rockcite news Garth Cartwright Dave Greenfield: Keyboardist Who Defined the Sound of the Stranglers |newspaper=The Independent 17 May 2020 5 June 2021 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dave-greenfield-death-coronavirus-stranglers-keyboardist-punk-age-cause-a9502241.html?amp?|Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub rockcite web Rob Hughes 5 June 2021 https://www.loudersound.com/amp/features/buyers-guide-the-stranglers The Stranglers: A Guide to Their Best Album Louder Sound 6 May 2020 |new wave music|new wave|post-punk | years_active = Start date|1974–present | discography = The Stranglers discography | label = hlist|United Artists Records|United Artists|A&M Records|A&M|Liberty Records|Liberty|EMI|Epic Records|Epic|Parlophone|Stiff Records|Stiff|Castle Communications | website = URL|thestranglers.co.uk * Jean-Jacques Burnel * Baz Warne * Jim Macaulaycite web Dark Matters https://stranglers.tmstor.es/product/79632 Stranglers Official Online Store TM Stores 24 August 2021|quote="Surviving Stranglers band members, JJ Burnel, Baz Warne and newest member Jim Macaulay completed Dark Matters remotely during lockdowns, making it their first album since 2012." * Toby Hounsham | past_members = * Jet Black * Hugh Cornwell * Hans Wärmling * Dave Greenfield * John Ellis (guitarist)|John Ellis * Paul Roberts (musician)|Paul Roberts ''The Stranglers'' are an English punk rock band. Scoring 23 UK top 40 singles and 20 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving bands to have originated in the UK punk scene. Formed as the Guildford Stranglers in Guildford, Surrey, in early 1974,sfn|Buckley|1997|page=23 they originally built a following within the mid-1970s Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub rock scene. While their aggressive, no-compromise attitude had them identified by the media with the emerging 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 music|new wave, art rock and gothic rock through the sophisti-pop of some of their 1980s output. They had major mainstream success with their 1982 single "Golden Brown". Their other hits include "No More Heroes (The Stranglers song)|No More Heroes", "Peaches (The Stranglers song)|Peaches", "Always the Sun", "Skin Deep (The Stranglers song)|Skin Deep" and "Big Thing Coming". 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 Misanthropy|misanthropic lyrics of both Burnel and Hugh Cornwell.Citation | last = Hasted | first = Nick | date = 6 November 2007 | title = The Stranglers, Roundhouse, London | work = The Independent | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-stranglers-roundhouse-london-399216.html 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 yobbo|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."cite web | url = AllMusic artist p5542/biographyyes | title = Biography | access-date = 25 May 2008 | last = Thompson | first = Dave | format = DLL | work=The Stranglers | publisher=allmusic Greenfield died on 3 May 2020 after contracting COVID-19 while receiving treatment for a heart ailment.Cite web http://www.thestranglers.co.uk/?p=16131 Stranglers Official Site › David Paul Greenfield (29/3/49-3/5/20) www.thestranglers.co.uk The remaining band members completed a new album recorded with Greenfield, ''Dark Matters (The Stranglers album)|Dark Matters'', and confirmed that they would proceed with their "Final Full UK Tour", initially announced in January 2020, in his honour.Cite web Stranglers Official Site › UK tour autumn/winter 2020 http://www.thestranglers.co.uk/?p=16044 2020-09-15 www.thestranglers.co.ukCite web http://www.thestranglers.co.uk/?p=16169/ Stranglers Official Site › Full Final UK Tour And Album Update www.thestranglers.co.uk