HUGH Cornwell releases his first acoustic CD, with an album recorded at Leicester law courts and entitled In The Dock. Even after all these years, the ageing punk rocker still seems to be sticking two fingers up at the authorities.
The solo unplugged performance shows Cornwell has lost none of his appetite for music. The tracks are a mix of Stranglers songs and his own material, all penned by Cornwell and his Stranglers buddies.
Cornwell displays both gentleness and warmth in his renditions of Golden Brown and Nice And Sleazy, which many of his older fans may see as anarchy. The Prisons Going Down captures Cornwell's writing skills in a song about Arthur Lee, who was sent to jail in the mid 90s and is described by Cornwell as one of his all-time heroes. Also included with the 12-track CD are five CD-rom live songs from the concert.
Updated: 10:57 Thursday, June 19, 2003
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