On This Day: 8th October 1977 – The Stranglers, who toured in a converted ice cream van in their early days, played The Refectory at Bangor University, as part of a week long music festival.
The Stranglers went on to achieve 23 UK top 40 singles with hits like No More Heroes, Duchess and Golden Brown, they also had 17 UK top 40 albums, in a career spanning four decades. The Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most continuously successful bands to have originated in the UK punk scene.
The Band Caused a Riot
Speaking in 2014 after hearing about the death of Stranglers roadie Carey Fortune, Jean-Jaques Burnel, bass guitarist with the Stranglers said: “One famous incident was where we got hassled big time at Bangor University (where Carey had studied) and he just launched himself off the stage into the crowd. There was a mass punch up and the ice cream van ended up with all four tyres slashed.”
Mike Peters Was At The Gig
Mike Peters, of North Wales band, The Alarm, was at the concert that night and he has been a fan ever since, The Alarm also toured with the Stranglers in 2016.
