== Quotes about the group == 
 These are perhaps misplaced in the article but too good not to share: 

 Don't you think the Stranglers are the worst thing you've ever fuckin' heard? I do. They're hideous, rubbishy... so bloody stupid. Fuckin' nauseatin', they are. 
 - Mick Jagger, 1977 

 I'd come off this Yes tour and about two years later, the bands that were hot were the Stranglers (yuck!) 

 - Keith Levene, 2001 

 "We only needed to make the one record. They're touring 30 records they could have put into one. 

 "Beware people with less talent. The Stranglers are jealous because they are idiotic. There's nothing there, they don't stand for anything."  

 - Johnny Rotten, 2008 

 "Permanent immaturity is a heavy price for rock to pay for permanent youth, and maybe we're the ones who are afraid of change if we're prepared to pay that price."  

 Phil McNeill, NME, 1977.