Editing The Stranglers (section)

===Post-Cornwell era (1990s)===
[[File:PaulRoberts.jpg|thumb|Paul Roberts performing in 2004, Roberts replaced Hugh Cornwell in 1990 ]]
Following the departure of Cornwell, CBS-Sony dropped the Stranglers from its roster. The remaining members recruited [[John Ellis (guitarist)|John Ellis]], who had had a long-standing association with the band. He had opened for them in the 1970s as a member of [[The Vibrators]], filled in for Cornwell during his time in prison for drug possession in 1980, worked with Burnel and Greenfield in their side-project Purple Helmets and been added to the Stranglers' line-up as a touring guitarist a short time before Cornwell's departure. Burnel and Ellis briefly took over vocal duties (for one television appearance on ''[[The Word (TV series)|The Word]]'') before enlisting [[Paul Roberts (musician)|Paul Roberts]], who sang on most songs live, even those originally sung by Burnel.

This line-up recorded four albums: ''[[Stranglers in the Night]]'' (1992), ''[[About Time (The Stranglers album)|About Time]]'' (1995), ''[[Written in Red]]'' (1997) and ''[[Coup de Grace (The Stranglers album)|Coup de Grace]]'' (1998).