The Stranglers - Nuclear Device

[ironrasta1966]

Guess what oz is still a third world country, digging holes for overseas money, and we grow rice, beef, lamb etc for asia and the americas, were the southern hemisphere mexican's!!!! but with less history and culture!!!

[Nagneto]

The originators of 8-bit music? COOL!

[tommy680812]

Here's some trivia that you can forget after you've read it: If i remember rightly, this video was actually shot in Portugal !!!

[tommy680812]

Here's some trivia that you can forget after you've read it: If i remember rightly, this video was actually shot in Portugal !!!

[Disjecta71]

This is a song about Queensland and the Joh years....brilliant....

[Purefilthla]

This one Elly ;-)

[gary7russell]

" i,m the wizard of oz and ive got it all planned for my first nuclear device" ..just love those lyrics,  not like the shit you here these days!

[allyplumb]

The guy who directed this video went on to do ones for Madness a few years later..

[rjmphotographic]

Fantastic - they were great tourists... Sweden, boring, L.A. , plastic etc etc (although I think t hey liked Spain...

[southendboi17]

great track great video and great band

[dannyofthededd]

great band..they never fell into malcom mclarens bottomless pigeon hole of what was sposed to be what...down in the sewer!!!

[TheDar666]

down under hahaha!!!

[mightywhite41]

what a fucking track...brilliant..long live the stranglers..

[almklit]

Although made in 1979 still has that raw sound and one of the last few songs in this heavy style.

[Funjermo]

aaah the dunes reminds me where i live.. could it be in Guardamar, Alicante (Spain)??

[MegaCozzy]

hondon las freas

[Forestamtul]

What a weird video film. He ha ha ha

[kevintheshedend1976]

This was the begining of the end of The Stranglers for me....no wait.... Duchess was the begining, this was THE end

They were trying to make natty,

madness-esque video's, and couldn't pull it off - it just wasn't their style.

Still, Ratusnorvegicus and No More Heroes will always be the best 2 albums I've EVER bought

[BuzzyLox]

Why does this video remind me of Monty Python?

[justicelut]

for those of u who dont know this was written by the stranglers after they were harrassed in qld by the then joh bejlke

petersen govt. they vowed never to perform in qld aus again

[davidg5969]

But they did tour QLD early in 2009 without Hugh Cornwell - who is not in the band these days anyway...'vows' always get broken

[justicelut]

good call didnt know that!

[davidg5969]

You are obviously a queenslander... sorry to say this mate I checked your profile ... and although I am a bit younger than you (not by that much) I remember the qld issue with the Stranglers. There was quite a riot in old Bris Vegas at the time.

[justicelut]

yeah david banana bender through and through and johs special branch ruled queensland in those dark times!

steve

[philochs]

Too bad Beavis and Butt-Head never made fun of this video, that would have been priceless! If it only lasted one more season.

[philochs]

He's eats that burrito, and then his butt turns into a nuclear device. He keeps lifting his leg to fart, and it causes massive explosions. I had one in my pants. Diarrhea cha, cha, cha. Look they're smashing stuff. Break it, break it hohoa heh heah heah yeah. Woah calm done Beavis. You dung hole. That dude has rattlesnake nuts in his can. Whoa! really? huh huh Yeah. Is this Pink Floyd? I could kick that guys ass. You can't kick anyone's ass Beavis. Stewart could kick your ass. No way Butt-Head!

[BuzzyLox]

Hard to believe it was this video that turned me on to the Stranglers and been a fan ever since. Yes I'm that old.

[seanthesheep666]

Same here I was about 13 then

[zxath]

personally, I don't see the relevance between Australia and nucllear technology.........*clears boffin glasses*

[kevintheshedend1976]

Back in the early 80's, Australia were the worlds largest producers of uranium (even more than the the USSR) At one point they were responsible for 75% of global uranium produce , which they made billions from

[Strangleriana72]

I LOVE THIS BAND : )

[bolerocrew]

WTF is he eating? A fresh Kanga Sanga??

[bolerocrew]

Good times!!

[bigbabyjesusaddf]

fuckin rad wine cork danglers .. i need a hat like that.. and a nucler devide eh.. warmer beer eh

[TymexPyres]

I love this band. I've been listening for about ten years, and still I haven't tired of them. I've never seen this video before. It has a Genesis video kinda feel to it:)

[seanthesheep666]

N oooooooooooooo not Genesis Heheh! these are way better

[thegranddilligaf]

Damn but I love this song and video. Personally speaking it's my favourite by them.

Thanks for sharing.

[buddyboy68]

Probably one of the best bands on the planet from mid 70's to mid 80's.

[moyno85]

joh bielke-peterson was a cunt

[starfiref94c]

Can anybody help me find an Import album that contained this song by the Stranglers along with about a dozen other bands, I think the Specials had a song on the album as well as

Translator. A lot of great songs on it. I think this album was released around 1983-1985time frame. I have been trying to find this

album for a long time now! Thanks.

[leftfootism]

Life in the European Theatre

[almklit]

I remember an album dedicated against nuclear weapons and this song featured on that album, cannot remember which!

[girlfriendisbetter]

@almklit

that's be "Life In The European Theatre"

Scared the pants of my eight year old arse. I recall refusing to do me maths cos you know, explained my fears and the nun responded "and you want to die ignorant is it?" .cow was right!

Ian Drury's "reason to be cheerful" won out though SAVED BY HAPPY ...being in my nuddy!

[eliastheod]

A fuckin Killer!!!!!!!!!!

Huge RESPECT to the real punks!!!!!

Stranglers RULE!!

[matwsussx]

backing vocals are terrific in this one. how the hell did this and Bearcage not do better in the UK?

[grahamsometimes]

Partly cos the f****kers on radio didnt play it..

[DAREALAndyRampage]

"BLOODY BRILLIANT!" THANK YOU for "Sharing"!!

[dubbedcrazy]

WOOOO

[tolmiecfc]

ask your mum to put on get a grip

[toffiecandy]

my mum used 2 play this all the time its still grate

[IssektheJug]

She'll probably be my age then. You got her number?

[mmurphy56154]

Bass in yer face man

[krazycreeperkat2000]

jeanjeaquesdelicious

[krazycreeperkat2000]

SOOOOOONUUUUUCLEAR

[gattler22]

"I'd outlaw all o' d ice!" Nuclear Device! Starts like an 8-bit wonder than decends into apocalyptic shimmy shammey. Much akin to enjoying madness...makes me want to surf.

[MannaMachine69]

Rice...not ice, numbnuts.

[fartmeister01]

Went to see em live recently with my two sons one is 19 the other 16, after years of them being subjected to The stranglers they got to see em up close minus Hugh of course, think they enjoyed it, I certainly did been the old git...ha ha

[hanging1v]

BRUCE, SHEILA

[ElJINKSTERO]

Joh Bjelke-Peterson ehh?

Good on 'em

[skippyriddle]

I used to watch this on MTv when it was cool. We laughed and laughed. It's still funny. It's still solid.

[banksysbrother]

First 7inch single I ever bought!!! Was only seven at the time but two elder sisters brought me up on a serious mix of music from the damned to the jam - happy memories!

[modsheff1]

gettin rid of the stranglers one by one..FUCKIN BRILLIANT!

[corkbender]

Cool song. These guys are great.

[4k4johnson]

Victim of a testing range..AkAjInBlAcK..

[hellcatmudwrestler]

BRUCE,

SHEILA

[accentaveyronnais]

lol

[AcDcAirbourneRok]

i fucking love this song. i am only 14 and i was baught up hearing the stranglers and grew to love them. its a awesome song.

[Samothedesert]

Snap! :L well i'm 15 now but still

[JerzuRF]

And I'm 16 :P

[Baronvon]

And I'm 19.

Well...it was almost a perfect fit.

[captaincrap1995]

@Samothedesert And I'm 14 :L

[sikoscot]

im 21 same thing. dad played them every car journey. they're just brilliant

[AcDcAirbourneRok]

lol yer same

[alphachina]

I can't beleive I see this on a clip! Great memories, superb band, suberb song, thanks JerzuRF!

[thegreenonionuk]

banging the cup on the desert floor to the sound of the bass drum spot on

[smokescreen9]

They sure were a lot of fun, the best of my youth. Incredible, intelligent, different. Need I say more?

[toolboxtwat]

love iit

[toolboxtwat]

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[persefonethegreat]

hahaha hes allways the best!

[sheftydude]

Is that Chopper at 1:03?

[adamjg4]

One of the the most idiosyncratic rock bands, ever!

[clashboy1977]

fucking love the keyboard its likee a 1970s video game its great

[corinar]

huge looks here a little bit like clint eastwood :)

[tigergambit]

BLUE

MOVIES!!

[CoolTeaCat]

Bruce Bruce Bruce !!!

[funnyguise]

Thanks a ton!!! I was struggling to remember the name of the band and finally got the name of the song... I had this on VHS back in the days of "City Limits" on Much Music (Canadian type MTV)

[scarfe67]

Gave me the creeps then; gives me the creeps now-fantastic sound,vibe,changes, the lot...

[noo00ooob]

This probably counts as my best song.

[crackatron]

Hugh, come back to Canada , Please!

[hulkmania75]

the stranglers are the best

BRUCE STELLA!

[sheftydude]

Its Bruce, Shelia aint it? As in the Ozzy slang for a man ans woman.

If you read this Hugh, go on, give it a go, get back with the band. =D

[crackatron]

Hugh is a genius.