Straighten Out

A tribute to The Stranglers, the English rock band, performed by Straighten Out, with a set drawn from the group's early years and classic records. This is a tribute act, not the original band.

Straighten Out is a tribute act devoted to The Stranglers, the English rock band formed in Guildford in 1974. The project recreates the sound of the group's early period, covering songs from their first classic albums and beyond, including "Peaches", "No More Heroes", "Hanging Around" and "Down In The Sewer".

On stage, the act reproduces the Stranglers'sound using a Hammond organ and a Minimoog synthesiser, the same kind of keyboards Dave Greenfield used in the band's early days. The growling bass and angular guitar riffs are central to the performance, and the two vocalists share lead duties in the style of the original frontmen, Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell.

Hare & Hounds is a Birmingham venue that hosts concerts and shows. The evening suits listeners who want to hear the Stranglers'early material performed live by a tribute act.