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“If James Burton recorded that song one more time, it would not have sounded the same. They caught lightning in a bottle”: An all-star guitar panel choose their Telecaster Mount Rushmore – its greatest players, their greatest tracks

Pros pick their favorite Tele riffs and solos and decide who should be carved into that massive “Telecaster Mount Rushmore” that exists only in our deranged minds

Guitar World

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson names the legendary punk singer who asked him for an autograph: “It’s not for me, it’s for my mother”

Not one but two punk icons outed themselves to Ian Anderson as secret Jethro Tull fans

Louder

"The performance racked up over 25,000 viewer complaints as middle England soiled its collective pants." 10 times rock bands totally ruined Top Of The Pops

From Nirvana refusing to mime properly to Manic Street Preachers inadvertently sparking IRA hysteria, Top Of The Pops hosted some unforgettable moments for rock bands

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“Höfner offered me this weird-shaped guitar. I said, ‘What the hell is that?!’ They said, ‘It doesn't have a name yet, but we want you to try it’”: Hugh Cornwell on The Stranglers’ biggest hit, hating Twin Reverbs, and his bizarro Höfner

The punk/new-wave icon admits he’s never been certain about his guitar playing, although he’s proud of the legacy he’s left in music – and he’s not finished yet

Guitar World

"Peaches is voyeuristic, but it's not misogynistic": The meaning behind The Stranglers' controversial classic Peaches

Driven by a gritty bass riff, The Stranglers' Top 10 hit Peaches is nearly 50 years old, but it's still a must-play by today’s version of the band

Louder

Fairport Convention and The Stranglers is one of the more unlikely collaborations you'll hear this year!

Hugh Cornwell hooks up with members of Fairport Convention for a charity single cover of Tobacco Road

Louder

“Though quintessentially punk records, their first two albums featured tricky time signatures, a four-part musical suite, and songs that clocked in at seven minutes”: The Stranglers were always more prog than you thought

Third album Black And White is Exhibit A in a case that also includes Robert Fripp, Peter Hammill, Steve Hillage and Nik Turner

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"I wanted to make a reggae song out of Peaches": JJ Burnel on the birth of that iconic Stranglers bass part

"Those three notes in Peaches: you do those three notes and it's instantly identifiable"

MusicRadar

The strange history of Hugh Cornwell’s Höfner S7L – the ‘Razorwood’ electric guitar made famous by The Stranglers

How a little known and short-lived guitar from Höfner found its way into the hands of The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell around the time of the band’s hit Golden Brown

Guitar World

Want to avoid the Coronation? Here's what you can do in Manchester this weekend

There is a wealth of other things to do in Manchester this weekend should crowns and sceptres not be your bag

Manchester Evening News

The story of The Stranglers' controversial No More Heroes album: "We got away with murder"

Hugh Cornwell tells the story of the Stranglers' summer-of-punk-classic second album No More Heroes: "We definitely couldn’t get away with that now"

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Jet Black obituary

Founding member and drummer of the Stranglers who set up the group after a business career in home-brewing and ice-cream

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