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Rattus At The Roundhouse

Video by

The Stranglers

Released

2007

Recorded

2007

Genre

Rock

Director

Dave Meehan

The Stranglers chronology

On Stage on Screen
(2006)

Rattus At The Roundhouse
(2007)

Live at the Apollo 2010 (DVD & CD)
(2010)

Rattus At The Roundhouse is a live DVD recording by The Stranglers of their concert at The Roundhouse, Camden, London on 4 November 2007. The performance was a song by song repeat of the same concert they played at the same venue, exactly 30 years ago to the day, with the addition of two more recent tracks ("Duchess" & "Spectre of Love") as the final encore.

Track listing

No More Heroes
Ugly
Bring on the Nubiles
Dead Ringer
Sometimes
Dagenham Dave
Goodbye Toulouse
Hanging Around
5 Minutes
Bitching
Burning up Time
I Feel Like a Wog
Straighten Out
Something Better Change
London Lady
Peaches
Grip
Go Buddy Go
Spectre of Love
Duchess

Technical Problems

Before the beginning of Dagenham Dave, Dave Greenfield's Keyboard setup stops working properly, as hardly any sound is coming through the speakers. While this issue was being fixed, Baz was improvision some small talk, dropping comments about football teams and TV programs. The issue is resolved within 3 minutes, at least temporarily.

Somewhat famously, during Hanging Around, the midi keyboard Dave Greenfield used for the wurli sound completely stops working, or at least stops communicating with the sound module or speaker that was connected to it. Dave appears very anxious and confused, as crew members attempt to fix the problem. However they manage to make it worse, the keyboard used for organ sounds freezes and is stuck on an A Minor chord for a dozen or two seconds, which leads to all of his equipment not making sounds. About halfway through the solo, JJ signals to the band to stop playing, and announces to the crowd they'd come back in 5 minutes.

Eventually the problem is resolved, and JJ asks the crowd if they should restart the whole performance, which of course they don't take issue with. All is well until near the end of Dagenham Dave (yet again), in which the cameras show the crew members messing with equipment again. It's not clear what happened, but it's shown Dave's keyboards don't work, and the keyboard solo is instead just being played by another source while they fix the problem.

Once again the sound gets resolved, and while it sounds like everything is working properly for the rest of the show, there are still moments, especially in 5 minutes when Dave Greenfield seems in distress and that certain things aren't working

v t e The Stranglers
Jean-Jacques Burnel Baz Warne Jim Macaulay Toby Hounsham Jet Black Hugh Cornwell Hans Wärmling Dave Greenfield John Ellis Paul Roberts
Studio albums	Rattus Norvegicus No More Heroes Black and White The Raven The Gospel According to the Meninblack La folie Feline Aural Sculpture Dreamtime 10 Stranglers in the Night About Time Written in Red Coup de Grace Norfolk Coast Suite XVI Giants Dark Matters
Live albums	Live at the Hope and Anchor Live (X Cert) All Live and All of the Night Saturday Night, Sunday Morning The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert Friday the Thirteenth Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81 Live at the Apollo Apollo Revisited Coast to Coast: Live on Tour Live at the Apollo 2010 (DVD & CD)
Compilations	IV The Collection 1977–1982 Off the Beaten Track Singles (The UA Years) Greatest Hits 1977–1990 The Early Years '74 '75 '76 Rare Live and Unreleased Strangled from Birth and Beyond The Sessions The Hit Men Collection The Stranglers The Masters Lies and Deception Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers Rarities (2002) Out of the Black Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years Live 'n' Sleazy Gold The Very Best of The Stranglers Decades Apart
Singles	"(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" "Peaches" "Something Better Change" "No More Heroes" "5 Minutes" "Nice 'n' Sleazy" "Walk On By" "Duchess" "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" "Bear Cage" "Who Wants the World?" "Thrown Away" "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" "Golden Brown" "La Folie" "Strange Little Girl" "European Female" "Skin Deep" "No Mercy" "Always the Sun" "All Day and All of the Night" "96 Tears" "Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)" "Golden Brown" (Re-issue) "Lies and Deception" "Big Thing Coming" "Spectre of Love"
Other songs	"Goodbye Toulouse" "Hanging Around" "Tramp"
DVD releases	The Collection 1977–1982 Live At Alexandra Palace Friday the Thirteenth Euro Live On Stage on Screen Rattus at the Roundhouse Live at the Apollo 2010
Related	Discography Soulsec Celia and the Mutations

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