Biography
The Stranglers And Friends
Effective period / Period of releases: 1995
Members: Steve Hillage, Phil Daniels, Robert Smith, Richard Jobson, Hazel O'Connor, Ian Dury, Nik Turner, John Ellis (2), Toyah Willcox, Larry Wallis, Peter Hammill, Wilko Johnson, Davey Payne, Matthieu Hartley, John Turnbull, Basil Gabbidon (2), Nick Lightowlers
One-off collaboration for two 1980 live concerts by The Stranglers. In the spring of 1980, Hugh Cornwell was in Pentonville Prison for drug possession. With two gigs scheduled at the London Rainbow for 3 & 4 April, the management decided to turn things around by approaching a number of well-known artists to fill in for the absent Cornwell on vocals.