The Boston Stranglers

The Boston Stranglers

Author: Susan Kelly

Publisher: Citadel Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0806543639

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This book is, quite simply, remarkable journalism, and remarkable writing. --Robert B. Parker An infamous murder spree. A monstrous hoax. The definitive book--updated with new evidence. "DeSalvo Is the Strangler!" declared the headlines after handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed to eleven brutal rape/murders that terrorized Boston from 1962 to 1964. The repeat sex offender boasted he had raped an additional 2,000 women. His story became the subject of a bestselling book and major Hollywood movie. But DeSalvo was not The Boston Strangler. Author Susan Kelly's detailed investigation shows us the true DeSalvo--a pathological liar whose hunger for celebrity drove him to false confessions--and indicates that the stranglings were committed by more than one killer. In an eye-opening update that explores stunning DNA findings, a shocking re-autopsy, and expert profiling evidence, she shows why this savage, unsolved case continues to fascinate and haunt us. With 16 Pages Of Powerful Photos "Taut with suspense. . .crackles like a bestselling novel." --Barry Reed, author of The Verdict "Prodigious research." --Publishers Weekly


The Stranglers: Song by Song

The Stranglers: Song by Song

Author: Hugh Cornwell

Publisher: Bobcat Books

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 0857124447

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The Stranglers have outlasted and outsold virtually every other band of their era, recording ten hit albums and releasing 21 Top 40 singles. Their list of hits, including Golden Brown, were written against a background of spectacular success, dismal failure, drug dependency, financial ruin, infighting and misfortune. As a response to David Buckley's one-sided biography of the band ("No Mercy" Hodder & Stoughton, 1997) and the band’s reticence to reveal the true meaning behind their songs, Hugh Cornwell, founding member and songwriter, sets the record straight, displaces the myths and for the first time explains the real stories behind The Stranglers, his departure and the origins of their songs.


Thuggee

Thuggee

Author: K. Wagner

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-07-12

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0230590209

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Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation.


Gods, Wasps and Stranglers

Gods, Wasps and Stranglers

Author: Mike Shanahan

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1603587144

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They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers rainforest royalty more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers tells their amazing story.


No Mercy

No Mercy

Author: David Buckley

Publisher: Coronet

Published: 1998-05-07

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780340680650

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A biography of The Stranglers. First formed in 1974, they have remained an active group, influencing a range of Britpop bands. Exploring the band's career, the book looks at albums, their commercial high point in the '80s, the departure of the lead vocalist in 1990 and the band's recent career.


The Sex Revolts

The Sex Revolts

Author: Simon Reynolds

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780674802735

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The first book to look at rock rebellion through the lens of gender, The Sex Revolts captures the paradox at rock's dark heart--the music is often most thrilling when it is most misogynistic and macho. And, looking at music made by female artists, the authors ask: must it always be this way?


A Multitude of Sins

A Multitude of Sins

Author: Hugh Cornwell

Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780007190829

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The life and times of The Stranglers, by their former front man.


Peaches

Peaches

Author: Robert Endeacott

Publisher: Soundcheck Books

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 095757004X

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The Stranglers were at the vanguard of punk and new wave whilst never really being accepted as 'proper' punks. Still going to this day, but without original guitarist Hugh Cornwell, the classic line up is Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jett Black. This is the line-up covered in this book which goes from the band's conception to Cornwell's departure in 1990.