The Stranglers are a rock group formed as the Guildford Stranglers on 11th September 1974, in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK, which emerged from the punk rock scene. With a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" bands to have come from the UK punk movement, having had 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums.