The Stranglers are an English rock music group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.

Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "No More Heroes" and "Peaches", the Stranglers began as a pub rock group, but later branched out to explore other styles of music, including punk rock, gothic rock, and new wave, but their idiosyncratic approach never fitted completely within any single musical genre.

With a sound that relied heavily on keyboards when the instrument was unfashionable, The Stranglers' early music was characterized by Hugh Cornwell's growling vocals and misanthropic lyrics, but their output grew more refined and sophisticated, as critic Dave Thompson writes, from "bad-mannered yobs to purveyors of supreme pop delicacies, the group was responsible for music that may have been ugly and might have been crudebut it was never, ever boring