Title: Stranglers 1st might not be "punk"
Product review: But it sure has anger and attitude in spades, which is just as good. So its more of a punk experiment if you will. Burell's bass sounds like a buzzsaw, Black's beats are steady, probably the most normal thing on the album, Greenfield is a very good keyboard player and his giddy sounds inspired a bunch of new wave, but Cornwell sure sounds mad and you hardly even notice his guitar until it's sound kicks you in the head. Its also the best one they did. The closest it gets to a contemporary punk song is "London Lady", but if any true punk listens to "Ugly", "Hanging Around", or "Peaches" they should understand what they were getting at. More of a Frank Zappa if he was English and had deep rooted punk influence.
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