The Stranglers: Playful Mates
Richard Cook, NME, 6 February 1982
The Stranglers: Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
AS A LIVE proposition, The Stranglers have eluded me until now. The exceptional crunch of this show made me wonder why.
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