One less hero
May 05, 2020

Alexis Petridis: Dave Greenfield put beauty at the rotten heart of the Stranglers

"When you think of the Stranglers’ most famous songs – from 'Peaches' and 'No More Heroes' to 'Waltzinblack' and 'Golden Brown' – you think first of Greenfield’s keyboards" - Alexis Petridis writes about Dave Greenfield, who died Sunday from coronavirus-related complications at age 71. Petridis defines Strangelrs as "never fashionable to start off with, they weren’t subject to fashion’s vagaries, instead building a huge, devoted cult following born out of being outsiders".