펑크의 전성기 이후 이토록 과격하고 직설적인 분위기를 창출하는 밴드는 없었다. 스테랑코! 파워로 무장한 고품격 밴드라 할 수 있다. 스테랑코는 런던 남서부 지역을 중심으로 지난 몇 년간 영국을 비롯하여 미국, 아시아, 유럽 등지에서 1집 앨범 “Culturephrenia”를 홍보하며 활발한 공연을 펼쳐왔다. 폭풍 같은 거구의 보컬리스트 Lee Mangan을 중심으로 베이시스트 Lee Elvey의 땅을 울리는 베이스 사운드 및 치열한 기타, 그리고 John Barrett의 천둥 같은 드럼연주가 조화를 이뤄내고 있다. 이들의 라이브는 남극의 눈을 녹일 만큼 뜨거우며 관객을 정신 없는 소용돌이로 몰아가기 충분하다.
음악적으로 스테랑코는 어느 한 장르의 음악에 속하기를 거부한다. 그러나 전통 락음악의 고결함이 모든 곡 속에 녹아 있는 것을 눈치 챌 수 있다. 열광적인 첫 곡 “Nylon”에서 명백하게 드러나듯 이들의 신보 “Keepers of the Fallo”는 무자비하다고 할 수 있다. 첫 곡부터 이들은 21세기의 도시적인 분노를 표현하는 새로운 이정표를 만들어가고 있다는 느낌을 받는다. 마치 우리의 귀를 위한 그리고 현시대가 요구하는 “A Clockwork Orange(역자주: 스탠리 큐브릭 감독 영화)” 와 같은 음악을 들려준다.
새로 발표된 싱글인 “Burglar or Banker”는 돈은 나중에 갚고 우선 살고 보자는 메시지를 담은 곡으로써 한번이라도 누구에게 빚진 사람들이 공감할 수 있는 곡이다. “Keepers of the Fallo” 앨범은 마치 첫번째 Clash 앨범이 70년대 후반의 각종 문제를 신랄하게 비판했듯이 2009년의 병폐에 대한 신비로운 타임캡슐과도 같다. 이번 앨범에는 보컬리스트 Lee Mangan이 직접 뮤직비디오를 감독해 화제가 되기도 했다. Lee는 최근 런던과 뉴욕에 작품 전시회를 할 만큼 재능 있는 예술가로 명성을 쌓아가고 있다. Lee는 David Hockney와 Damien Hirst 등과 함께 영국왕실 경매에 참여하여 작품을 팔기도 했으며, 영화감독으로서의 데뷰작인 “R”은 최근 뉴욕국제영화제에서 상영되는 영예를 안았으며, 곧 베를린국제영화제에 출품될 예정이다. .... ....
I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches, scratches, scratches, scratches I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin Irritates my skin Aggravates my skin Irritates my skin Aggravates my skin
My hero I don’t know him My hero itchy gown itchy gown My hero needle and sows him My hero
I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches, scratches, scratches, scratches I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin Irritates my skin Aggravates my skin Irritates my skin Aggravates my skin
My tailor I don’t know him My tailor itchy gown itchy gown My tailor I don’t know him My tailor
I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches, scratches, scratches, scratches I don’t know where to begin This Nylon scratches my skin Irritates my skin Aggravates my skin Irritates my skin Aggravates my skin
Think it’s time to change your make up think it’s time to change you face you got a library of fuck ups I think it’s time To put you in your place (repeat)
Hey Hey High class liberties
I see your face in the television I gotta wait till ya materialize I wanna find a new direction I gotta wait till your le le le le in my eyes
Oh baby I’m not saying I’m an idiot inside Cos I’m dying inside
I see your face in the television I gotta wait till ya materialize I gotta find a new direction I have to wait till I le le le le in my eyes
I gotta look in the television I gotta wait till ya materialize I gotta wait for a new direction I have to wait
Think it’s time to change your make up think it’s time to change you face you got a library of fuck ups I think it’s time To put you in your place (repeat)
Oh yes I’m finally on the brink of success I wanna make it more or a less What it is everybody wants Everybody wants Oh yes we’re finally on the brink of success I wanna make it more or a less What it is everybody wants Everybody wants
Rainy faces facing me Boring programmes in your plasma T.V Worn out places is the places to be Newspapers in your dustbin
Oh yes we’re finally on the brink of success I wanna make it more or a less What it is everybody wants Everybody wants Oh yes we’re finally on the brink of success I wanna make it more or a less What it is everybody wants Everybody wants
I’m a failure What a failure is me I ain’t done nothing since I was in my Teens I’m a worn out no-one With no-one to be The newspapers in my dustbin
Oh yes we’re finally on the brink of success I wanna make it more or a less What it is everybody wants Everybody wants Oh yes we’re finally on the brink of success I wanna make it more or a less What it is everybody wants Everybody wants
one hundred percent I really resent all the money I spent on an Abbey loan one hundred percent I really resent all the money I spent on an mobile phone
kicking and screaming my mind started bleeding all the money I owed my god it was pleading I had to find some worry Before I start to scurry In a financial disaster
Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker
They’re all crooks to me All crooks to me All crooks to me All crooks to me
one hundred percent I really resent all the money I spent on an Abbey loan one hundred percent I really resent all the money I spent on an pay as you go
what could I do my life was falling apart I didn’t have a penny I didn’t have a car I tried to borrow some money I tried to be a scrounger I was like a little junkie With no friends around her
Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker
They’re all crooks to me All crooks to me All crooks to me All crooks to me Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker Burglar or banker Lawyer or a skanker Burglar or banker Record company wanker
They’re all crooks to me All crooks to me All crooks to me All crooks to me
one hundred percent I really resent all the money I spent on an Abbey loan one hundred percent I really resent all this money I spent on a Abbey loan
In the disco The little fiasco I see Ricky Martins mustachio I go to kiss it A little flick it I need my love And a licky and a bitty
Rubbity dubity dubity dubity dubity dubity doo I don’t worry bout’ me Rubbity dubity dubity dubity dubity dubity doo I don’t worry bout’ me I don’t worry no I don’t worry no I don’t worry bout’ me
In Macdonalds She’s in Macdonalds Fries and burger I wanna taste em so I got my love On my walk a man I text her name Sexy sexy baby O
Rubbity dubity dubity dubity dubity dubity doo I don’t worry bout’ me Rubbity dubity dubity dubity dubity dubity doo I don’t worry bout’ me I don’t worry no I don’t worry no I don’t worry bout’ me
Hands up feet wide Feels so good to be alive Chin up make a stand Heart to heart Hand to hand
Rubbity dubity dubity dubity dubity dubity doo I don’t worry bout’ me I don’t worry bout’ me I don’t worry no I don’t worry no I don’t worry bout’ me
Hands up feet wide Feels so good to be alive Chin up make a stand Heart to heart Hand to hand
Neighbours complaining Talk about insane You can make it real Use your diet pill Use your diet pill Use your diet pill Use your diet pill
Na na na na Pretty pretty violet Pretty pretty violet Na na na na Pretty pretty violet Pretty pretty violet Na na na na Pretty pretty violet Pretty pretty violet
(repeat chorus)
Colour me baby in stages Colour me baby its red and blue
Na na na na Pretty pretty violet Pretty pretty violet Na na na na Pretty pretty violet Pretty pretty violet Na na na na Pretty pretty violet Pretty pretty violet
What d’you mean drugs What d’you mean they’re just tablets What d’you mean
Ok alright, dunno when it was About five/ ten years ago Someone told me the ultimate Experience you could ever have in your life Is to take out one eyeball and the other eyeball And make them look at each other. It would be so cosmic it would blow your fucking mind But this song, this will blow your fucking mind This is cosmic This is ear shattering This is this….
Two, seven, nine Three dimension computer nerd roll in epping bedroom Streamer was a kind of lies
Rolling like a novacain Round and round and round again Roll me like a novacain Round and round and round again
Geeko elite I guess Geeko elite it doesn’t matter anyway Geeko elite I guess Geeko elite it doesn’t matter anyway
Backroom boys in a boarded time epping bedroom the dark world three dimension computer nerds with mathematic and teenage intelligence that I couldn’t understand even if I could read writing but I cant
Rolling like a novacain Round and round and round again Roll me like a novacain Round and round and round again
Geeko elite I guess Geeko elite it doesn’t matter anyway Geeko elite I guess Geeko elite it doesn’t matter anyway
What they say Anyway How they play Anyway What they say Anyway How they play Arse planet
Geeko elite I guess Geeko elite it doesn’t matter anyway Geeko elite I guess Geeko elite it doesn’t matter anyway
What they say Anyway How they play Anyway What they say Anyway
I’m washing my hair I got up late (whats next) I left my mobile phone on the bus (whats next) I’ve got a fucking migraine (whats next) what’s it gotta do with you anyway hey (whats next) I’m stuck in Argos (whats next) I’ve gotta see a man about a dog (whats next) my sisters coming over for dinner (whats next) and I’ve got the fucking flu (whats next)
Excuses, Excuses you must think I’m stupid Excuses, Excuses fucking abusive Excuses, Excuses you must think I’m stupid Excuses, Excuses
Like a punch drunk fool I believed her Yes I believed her I so believed her Like a punch drunk fool I believed her Yes I believed her I so……
My cars in the bloody garage (whats next) I’ve got a really bad period pain (whats next) I’m going on trisha (whats next) I’m having a makeover (whats next) I’m painting my nails (whats next) I’m watching big brother (whats next) I can’t get a baby sitter (whats next) and I’ve still got the fucking flu (whats next)
Excuses, Excuses you must think I’m stupid Excuses, Excuses fucking abusive Excuses, Excuses you must think I’m stupid Excuses, Excuses
Like a punch drunk fool I believed her Yes I believed her I so believed her Like a punch drunk fool I believed her Yes I believed her I so believed her Like a merry-go-round Like a punch drunk fool I believed her Yes I believed her Yes I believed her
Suck my blood Hollywood vampires Give me love Hollywood vampires
Easy to shake Harder to break You are a modern a modern metallic mistake Easy to shake Harder to break You are a modern a modern metallic mistake You are a modern a modern metallic mistake
Break it down Like take it down And shake it down It’s underground It’s overground It’s up the ass And round the pass You’ve got to find A situation binding By law a contract of a contract of
Easy to shake Harder to break You are a modern a modern metallic mistake Easy to shake Harder to break You are a modern a modern metallic mistake You are a modern a modern metallic mistake