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by Hugh Cornwell (Author), Jim Drury (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition edition (30 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1860743625
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860743627
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 166,705 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Stranglers have outlasted and outsold virtually every other band of their era, recording ten hit albums and releasing 21 Top 40 singles. Their list of hits, including Golden Brown, were written against a background of spectacular success, dismal failure, drug dependency, financial ruin, infighting and misfortune.

As a response to David Buckley's one-sided biography of the band ("No Mercy" Hodder & Stoughton, 1997) and the band’s reticence to reveal the true meaning behind their songs, Hugh Cornwell, founding member and songwriter, sets the record straight, displaces the myths and for the first time explains the real stories behind The Stranglers, his departure and the origins of their songs.

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* Huge resurgence of Stranglers classics: No More Heroes (BBC TV's 'Mirrorball'), Peaches (film 'Sexy Beast'), and Golden Brown (Guy Ritchie's blockbuster 'Snatch'). * An unique perspective on one of the most extraordinary and inflammatory English rock bands * Contains many original and previously unpublished photographs. * Written entirely in his own words by the founding member of The Stranglers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last a look at the music too!, 24 Nov 2001
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I have been a Stranglers fan for nearly two thirds of my life (I am 37 now and first got into them at the tender age of 13)and I have devoured everything I have listened to and read about them.
Like most people I was very upset when Hugh Cornwell left the band in 1990 but have stuck with the current line up and felt they have produced a lot of very strong, exciting and under-rated tracks and albums. They have been my favourite band all my teenage/adult life and I know they always will be which is why I find this book to be so fascinating.
Like most Stranglers fans I have grown up with the stories of the drugs, the sex, the jail sentences, the riots and the chaos that surrounds the band and although it all adds to the intrigue and delight we find in them it also frustratingly perhaps takes away attention from their greatest ever strength - the music.
This book tries to deal with that by going through every single Hugh-era track from the biggest and best known to the most obscure b-side explaining how they were written, who wrote them, who sung them and what Hugh feels about them now. It also explains the circumstances the band were in as songs were written which adds more knowledge to the general body of information about the band and its mythology.
I actually had the pleasure of interviewing Hugh about the book as I am a local newspaper editor and it was great to hear him sounding so open and positive about the band in retrospect. Again, like many fans I kinda blamed him for ruining my musical fun by quitting in 1990, but you do understand a bit more as you read this and it is good to see that he now seems happier and more proud of the Stranglers work than at any time.
A great book for Stranglers fans and one which I am sure will also interest those who have only ever dipped their toes into the murky waters of the greatest rock and roll band of all time.
Who said there were no more heroes?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading, 1 Feb 2005
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Stranglers fans will need no urging to read this. For anyone else, it is a rare and significant deconstruction of the creative process as practised by Cornwell, Burnel, Greenfield and Jet Black. There was always so much more to the music of the Men in Black, when compared with their contemporaries - always a fierce intelligence and interest in off-beat subjects. It's pretty clear that Hugh Cornwell was the main creative drive behind the band, though the unique sound only came about with the addition of JJ Burnel's input. Always democratic, they all shared credit for the songwriting. Prior to this publication, The Stranglers retained a certain mystique - but this book changes all that and reveals what they were thinking at the time and how the songs came about. Fascinating stuff.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Songs, sex, drugs, and four bizarre individuals., 7 Aug 2001
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'The Stranglers Song By Song' by Hugh Cornwell & Jim Drury gives a unique insight into the history of a band characterised by controversy, spectacular success and disastrous misfortune.

The book tells the story of the band's 100 or so songs, in the form of a conversation between television journalist Jim and former Stranglers frontman Hugh.

During their discussion of the songs Hugh explains how four entirely different personalities merged to form one of the most successful rock acts of the past quarter century and how the internal tensions within the band eventually caused his acrimonious departure.

There are tales of sustained drug abuse and sexual hedonism that will make your toes curl. But the book also explores the sheer depth of The Stranglers' creative influences and musical experimentation in a warm and humorous way.

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5.0 out of 5 stars MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
As an exercise in balance and objectivity, HUGH CORNWELL's THE STRANGLERS: SONG BY SONG must be viewed with at least some scepticism. Read more
Published on 29 May 2007 by Kelvin J. Dickinson

4.0 out of 5 stars A great read for Stranglers fans
This is an excellent book for anybody interested in The Stranglers. They were (and are) truly an iconic group. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2006 by Mike J. Wheeler

3.0 out of 5 stars Great and bad all at once!
A great insight into the lyrics of The Stranglers, thoughfully and often very well described.
However what gets me is that Hugh and the hugely biased writer, with his leading... Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2005 by M.M. McFarlane

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy This!!!
If you want the inside track on one of the worlds best bands The Stranglers then you must buy this! I read this book in about two days and was totaly facinated by it. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2004 by Mr. Steven Bryant

4.0 out of 5 stars A flawed gem
Having been a stranglers fan since their early days (Go buddy go was about my third single purchase!) my school days in the 70's were enlivend by their music. Read more
Published on 19 Jul 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Hugely entertaining.
I was gripped by this from start to finish.Being an avid reader of anything to do with the Punk era but not so big a Stranglers fan i approached with trepadation but was not... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Only Four Stars because the other three blocked the lyrics
What a find. I added this to my Christmas list as soon as I found out that it would be published. I was not dissapointed (well almost). Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Overdue insight into The Stranglers Songs
For the many years that I have been a Stranglers fan, there have often been times when I've wondered what these guys were on about in their lyrics. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Great with a few beers
This is not a work of great literary expertise. Indeed, it is really just the transcript of conversations between Jim Drury and Hugh Cornwell. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2001 by Dr. R. H. Moore

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