The Stranglers:

The Stranglers have outlasted & outsold virtually every other band of their era, recording ten hit albums & releasing 21 Top 40 singles. Their list of hits, including Golden Brown, Peaches & Always The Sun, were written against a background of spectacular success, dismal failure, drug dependency, financial ruin, infighting & misfortune. Understandably, the band have been loathe to reveal the true meaning behind their songs, instead reveling in the mystery & confusion they created. Recently, bass player Jean-Jacques Burnel cited the band's annoying habit of burning toast as the inspiration to their classic, Golden Brown! As a response to this fool's play & David Buckley's one-sided biography of the band ("No Mercy" Hodder & Stoughton, 1997), Hugh Cornwell, founding member & songwriter, is determined to set the record straight, displace the myths & explain for the first time the real stories behind The Stranglers, his departure & the origins of all their songs.