Straighten Out - Stranglers Tribute

Event information

The best and probably ONLY current Stranglers tribute in the world.
Straighten Out were formed in November 2007 from the remnants of an earlier band - "Four More Heroes" - and two new members.
Shaggy (bassplayer) and Mick "The Doc" (keyboards) reawoke their taste for a Stranglers tribute after the demise of their previous outfit, when they performed a charity gig on behalf of a very good friend who died in a motorcycle accident. The guitarist/vocalist for this show was none other than Baz Warne, guitarist with the current Stranglers lineup!
Once the decision to go for it properly was made, the drum stool was initially filled by Shaun, long time friend of Shaggy's. Unfortunately it took over a year and a few disappointing auditions to locate the final member - Bob Harris.
After only five (very intensive) rehearsals, Straighten Out played their first gig at the Dove and Rainbow, Sheffield on Saturday 5th of April 2008 to a rapturous response and have since continued to play a couple of times a month, up and down the country (mostly up, it has to be said, LOL).
At the end of 2008 Shaun regrettably decided to leave the band and Gaz Jones, aka Casey, filled the position.
Gear:
Shaggy uses:
Ashdown ABM 500 watt Mark King Signature amp
Ashdown ABM Evo II 500 watt amp
Ashdown ABM evo III 900watt amp
Ashdown ABM 4x10 speaker cabinet
Ashdown ABM 1x15 speaker cabinet
Ashdown ABM 8x10 speaker cabinet
"JJ Burnel" signature bass, by Shuker guitars
"The Shaggster" - one off Precision-style bass by Shuker guitars. Birds-eye maple neck.
Audio Technica AEW-R4100 radio system.
Rackmount Korg DT 2000 tuner.
Mick uses:
L100 Hammond organ,
Korg N1 electric piano/organ.
2x MXR Phase 100 phaser pedals.
Minimoog synthesiser
Moog "Rage" synthesiser
Oberheim OB-8. synthesiser
QSC pro PLS 1602 1600 watt power amp
Yamaha SM151V 500 Watt speakers
Tascam MM200 rack mounted mixer
Alesis Midiverb IV multi-effects
Alesis Midiverb II multi-effects
Other keyboards:
Restored original Hohner Cembalet MK1. electric piano, as used by Dave Greenfield on the first three albums.
2x Yamaha CP30 electric pianos.
Casey uses a Black vintage Remo Encore kit:
-10",12",13" mounted toms and a 16" floor tom
-22" bass drum
-8 1/4" deep 3mm stainless steel snare drum, custom made by Glyn Jones.
Zildjian "Pitch Black" cymbals.
2 x 16" crash.
1 x 18" crash.
1 x 13" splash.
1 x 20" ride.
2 x 14" hi-hats.
1 x stagg 6-inch bell cymbal.
- all double braced hardware.