Jean-Jacques Burnel | The Stranglers

[@kobalt77]

what an incredibly intelligent and down to earth man. Integrity and then some.

[@johannaevelynr4218]

So charming, clever, talented . I love Jean Jacques Burnel, from here to eternity . ❤

[@massivley]

The greatest bass guitarist to ever walk this planet

[@Lyuijh]

Definitely the best bass sound.

[@mickharryharris6866]

He's one of the best !

[@ddelaney712]

Ox?

[@fasthracing]

@Paul In Kyushu Kind of rate them all similar

[@fasthracing]

@Paul In Kyushu Add in Phil Lynott too

[@neonwind]

Brilliant band & very generous to their fans.

[@Wanegean]

A real nice guy too.I recently met him in a small village in France.I didn't tell him that I knew who he was and he didn't mention it either. We just talked for a while.

[@utuberlesmouches]

Very interesting ! Thanks

[@daleclarkomagickdog3738]

Sounds like a Midnight Summer's Dream quote

[@fasthracing]

Cool

[@probinson4383]

@@daleclarkomagickdog3738 Midnight Summers Dream? 😆

[@paulnesbitt1698]

I was drawn to the stranglers in 1977 when I heard the album rattus. It was j.j 's thumping bass on the single peaches that got me by the throat. I've seen the stranglers live since 79 right up to March 2019....and they are still the best live band I've ever seen.... and j.j's bass playing is still on another level to any other bass player in the world.

[@alexmay1754]

Lovely chap - went to see them many years ago - he was the cutest boy bounding around playing his guitar

[@joedoyle5593]

JJ Burnel is the world`s greatest Stranglers fan and god bless him for that and his terrifying talent. Whatever else has helped The Stranglers in this long struggle, JJ Burnel is the focus and the driving force behind this accursed band of brothers! Hallow MIB x

[@No-to4id]

"Strange girls with exotic ailments" sounds like a line out of a Stranglers song ha

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

I agree. If they are over 18, why not call them women?

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

So middle class and laid back these days. At a gig in 1977 I once saw him whack an idiot in the audience on the head with his bass because he was gobbing repeatedly at the band. Loads of aggression going on back then. Life was much more dangerous and scary.

[@steve261brown]

Saw him jump into the crowd back in late 70s bloody nutter but a bloody brilliant bass player!

[@Eklektik40]

I also read he had a temper. Not surprising he had to focus the anger by having his own karate school.

[@anthonyaylmer9768]

His class has nothing to with it guys a legend

[@APunky]

Charming and eloquent man. So likeable

[@littleghostfilms3012]

From one of the truly menacing, volatile, pub rock bad asses, to a disciplined, articulate man with a clear eyed perspective on life. He's the best in every way possible!

[@TheBleech]

Aside from all the things we know about him in the media over the years, good and bad...top bloke.

[@oblongfan1]

long live JJ and all the stranglers.. i wish hugh would reunite with them..put it all behind

[@permaveg]

Baz is doing a great job though.

[@oblongfan1]

permaveg i know he is... no doubt about that

[@permaveg]

***** Is that true, fucking hell I didn't know JJ did that to Hugh.

[@oblongfan1]

neither did i actually never even heard about this.. and ive been a fan sicne 2003 (im american so i discovered them in high school and theyre not big here as they are in europe) i saw hugh cornwell in NY live back in 2010 and talked to him. i was afraid to even ask him if hell ever join teh stranglers cause we all know he probably wont answer or rub it off...but man id give anything to see the rest of the guys theyve been doing great these past years..dont know about them being a cover band., after all its THEIR songs anyway just with a new guy

[@oblongfan1]

i still love them and they are my favorite band and nothing will ever change that.. hugh comes off as bitter still but again i never heard about jj beating him up which autobiography is it in?

[@permaveg]

He and the band are legend's, experimental punk's.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

permaveg ye's

[@jen3800]

nice to see a real person in this business.

[@jjseandxcefree]

The Half Stranglers really. No Jet. No Hugh.

[@eaglebauer944]

Baz is now longer in the band than Hugh was.

[@cameronlewis5204]

@@eaglebauer944 Cant beat the original lineup though

[@thehanterman1]

What is so sad in all this is how especially three of the last few albums Giants, Suite XVI and Norfolk Coast have been pretty damn fine pieces of work that have put many supposed IN bands pieces of work to shame and all I ever see is knobs coming on here spouting of about Hugh. His choice he left so the other guys have to pack up and move on. No Way the rest of the band are happy and what ever you say it is Jet Blacks band and he can do what the **** he wants. As for hit singles get a life the charts is full of crap and some of the biggest bands in the world do not have hit singles. Music is all about enjoyment and the live experience not what some big pleb tells the teenagers and the brain dead on prime time tv every week.

[@MarsNeedsGuitars1]

Well said!

[@dannyhart3982]

thehanterman1 well firstly jet black not in the stranglers anymore he hasn't played show with them since march 2015 and jet will probably never play drums again unfortunately, it's a real shame as he's a great drummer, And also the stranglers were founded in 1974 by Hugh cornwell its Hugh's band.

[@blackmore4]

It's because while the Baz records are great, they're not Stranglers records. Not really. The Rolling Stones without Jagger? Come on. They should've just used a different name.

[@nasskhan4543]

Well said & I saw Hugh Cornwells lacklustre performance at Alexandra Palace.

[@sen5i]

@ Danny Hart. I think you'll find that it's Jet Black who put the band together and not Hugh Cornwall

[@superpatje]

Best bas player ever. For me the first 3 albums are still the best

[@raylee3057]

And i'll add the next two on to that for me............

[@Klaus80804]

The Bass sound on these first 3 albums is unbelievable. No one was ever able to recreate it. You can get close, but never nail it exactly. Even JJ himself can't explain how they did it back then. Or does not want to ... kind of like Coca-Cola does: never reveal the recipe!

[@Captain_Rhodes]

@@Klaus80804 he used a marshall cabinet with a broken speaker. they liked it so they didnt bother fixing it

[@redbackrock]

Awesome gig in Sydney this year...

[@paolozak3014]

what is not said is more interesting than what is... all Hugh songs aren't great but since Hugh left I can't really see a good song, and the vocals aren't really reaching the levels that made me love the Stranglers. Sure, Baz never misses the Golden Brown guitar solo and lets no bum notes fly through, but he tends to slightly rush. So that idiosyncratic Hugh angular sort of laid back spiked with urgency guitar playing groove isn't there... but hey, better than nothing 😎

[@modsheff1]

Love him.

[@modsheff1]

Natural progression,mate.

[@beckjames625]

this guy is one of the last true down to earth rockstars an absolute decent fellow,isnt that a cool way to sign of,why wines,am a rock star fuk it,ahh but john,have you grown any grapes yet,ahhh see thats why i like down the coast,,we also have that architect,4 2oo0 years,u say why rome,why not,u know my x missus,nless er.lol

[@Stranglerxx77]

Met him in 79 on hiz bonnie in ealing , nice dude with classic punk looks.......man he looks so old now . I saw em a lot in the late 70s , early 80s .

[@teshka1]

He is 60 something. Hope I look as good then.

[@jonesy2111]

ZERO XX77 Yea he looks great for 60

[@mickharryharris6866]

We all get old , it sucks !

[@sloppysmusic]

3:37 Ricky Gervais moment...top bloke..JJ i mean..saw em twice in late seventies..Coventry was the best..good luck to em although first 4 albums were enough for me..thanks guys for the soundtrack to my youth..1st 4 albums on order as I type...

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Sloppys Music Yeah I'd agree with than Sloppy, the soundtrack of my youth- Explode on the stage say what you want to say and then fuck off, old rock stars are so sad I'd rather remember them as they were.

[@sloppysmusic]

got those four CDs now and they BLEW me away like the first time I saw them live in 1979 and 1980..im happy for them to keep making new music and playing their oldies with the new band. just wish it was called THE STRANGLERS EXPERIENCE

[@MisAnnThorpe]

So as with so many others, The Gospel according to the men in black was an album too far (out) for you?

[@donquixote3927]

@@MisAnnThorpe: As JJ said just prior, Don’t Bring Harry’.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Burnell......looking perfectly what karate can do for your physique👍🥴......He's part of the current Stranglers' tribute band called "The Stragglers".......

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

I think he looks awful. He is overweight, and his face has aged terribly. You would think someone of his fitness level would look good as he got older, but it hasn't worked here.

[@bermondsey548428]

what a really down to earth guy.fantastic

[@vv247]

Excellent interview with JJB, nice guy too

[@SeptemberSinema]

Thanks Vi B 🙏🏼 Much Appreciated!

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

It's a pity he feels he has to keep using the F word. He's an elderly man not a teenager, and it is so unnecessary. I see it in so many of his interviews. It is not becoming, and he doesn't need to use it at all for the style of chat he is using.

[@enriquezanon3346]

J. Jacques you are a wonderful person. I admire you

[@seawolf6709]

What a fantastic guy brilliant bass player brilliant guitar player brilliant band great guy.

[@johnanthonyp]

So good-Ricky must love JJ-His intro

[@graemefarquharson465]

He was 15 when he was smuggled in to see Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac

[@oblongfan1]

im wish theyd tour the states. you have fans here too you know!

[@mimmii]

hehe, love you JJ, come round cook for me sometime :o) xxx

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

Yes the Stranglers are a great band ,you are number 2 in the band .DON'T EVER THINK YOU WERE THE NUMBER ONE MAN..Things got better when you took the back seat..

[@David-ij2hs]

good bass player good friend

[@taterbapple9847]

What a band.

[@jasoncolley4102]

I wonder if JJ Burnel ever went to andertons music shop in guilford?

[@jameseddy2304]

"Legend"

[@kajakajas6975]

We miss hugh cornwell from fans from DENVER colorado U.S.A.

[@stephenpidwell3427]

What a lovely bloke,must be a biker👍🏻

[@jasoncolley4102]

And he also loves riding Triumph Motorcycles 👍

[@SeptemberSinema]

Yes! We talked briefly about motorbikes, off-camera. He was happy/surprised to hear I ride an Aprilia.

[@darrelwoolley7291]

JJ still one of the Coolest bastists ever full stop! Also a extremely nice, interesting guy

[@jeanfrancoislabedz7491]

Je suis à fond

[@harvey1954]

The songwriting credit is the same thing that the Doors did. It can cause problems like you had in the Byrds with Gene Clark making all this royalty money while the others were scrapping by.

[@plasticbudgie]

2 people so out of it on smack they hit the dislike button by accident.

[@AlienPsyTing1]

saw then at i think at The Nashville in West Kensington

[@bluedivide1009]

what? are the questions so good they need to be edited out? Only a well deserved knighthood each will ever re-unite the 4 original members of the stranglers, 10 albums with Hugh Cornwell not enough for some people? the stranglers touring every town for 40 years not enough for some people ? personally either way i've been enjoyed and loved every minute since 1977, lifes too short and i only ever missed the strippers, spankings and Hugh's verbal abuse and drier than gin jokes ... come to think of it yeh bring Hugh back, its boring without him and i bet Jet could die on stage in time with a perfect drum beat ... that'd be a night to remember and it'd make a nice change to want someone other than Hugh Cornwell back in the band.

[@dougpinnick9279]

JJ Burnel 🇫🇷

[@jeffreythomas4283]

Great man

[@MsAmberLondon]

Wotta geezer :) x

[@markymark4626]

Ute brilliant band but miss Hugh but ur always b stranglers keeping on rocking u bass legend

[@fasthracing]

Best bass guitar intro ever Nice n Sleazy.

[@josephmclaren2789]

100%

[@daz.6112]

Legend. Smashed too many bass guitars though.

[@megumishaider3544]

JJ says " I like all kinds of music" Some their fan are not. Hope fans do not close the door for new fans.

[@irondog8250]

FUCKING BRILLIANT !

[@henri-pierrevaldeolivas9552]

Well, they might as well be a franchise by now: a "Certified Stranglers tribute band featuring original members JJ Burnel and Dave Greenfield!" I hope they continue for as long as they can, it's ok if they have that Baz guy and went through a rough patch with whats his face from the Vibrators (now THERE was a class act) .I hope Jet Black's drum tech is on Stranglers salary , you know splitting it up and all now that Jet is featured on lead oxygen mask! Too bad, but the Jetster IS pushing 80, so let's not kid ourselves- I wouldn't be able to do a paradiddle at 80, I'm sure... I mean, Hugh still gets royalties so, everybody wins. I've seen quite a few interviews recently with Hugh and I must say, he is considerably more articulate than notre petit JJ. But we love JJ, with this karate and motorcycles and who can forget his smarmy, snarly angry young man persona? Everybody has a JJ story, and one of the best bass players I have ever heard, no doubt. Ahhh the Stranglers franchise- they are paying the mortgage and who can blame them for soldiering on at every summer festival imaginable? When are they gonna play my favourite Stranglers album in it's entirety, live "The Gospel According to the Meninblack"? Just like nothing on just like nothing on just like nothing on uuuuuurth.

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Shouldn't that be; just like nothing on oeuf? Sorry, I know that was just oeuful!

[@stephenroche5107]

The proof is in the pudding decades as a band.

[@nicensleazy1892]

WE ALL GET ON WELL, BUT I WON'T MENTION HUGH CORNWELL :-) LOL

[@dmitrykim3096]

let me down easy, Jean

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Don't call him Jean ……...

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Fuckin all round excellent top sausage.😎

[@theart8039]

Hang on..the Stranglers were Jean Jaques, Hugh, Dave and Jet Black...there are no other "Stranglers" just pretend ones

[@MsAlien911]

Bullshit. Oh I 100% reckon jj and Baz have the special magic, and what's more you can tell they really like each other, I think The Stranglers are as tight now as they ever were.... and of course rest in peace to Dave Greenfield

[@theart8039]

@@MsAlien911 NO!

[@theonlyantony]

I think you lost your 'original mission statement,' when the 'Hugh'ge cataclysm left!

[@johnanthonyp]

But you were never Ronnie Scott.

[@jutjet4011]

Baron greenback or or it Jean Jacques haha

[@stephenroche5107]

He was a wee lass 😨

[@MarsNeedsGuitars1]

Congratulations are in order for Shihan JJ Burnell for being promoted to nanadan, 7th dan, in Shidokan Karate. Kicking ass onstage and off for forty years.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Hasn't done much for his figure, he looks fat and flabby, with a baggy wrinkled face.

[@chrisarcher6972]

Sadly, I couldn't understand word. Damn that outrageous French accent.

[@drexlspivey5828]

It's weird the way he pronounces his name specifically with a French accent, what he's doing is correct but it still seems odd for some reason

[@allybally0021]

Still easier than your Hebridean name would be in Scots Gaelic.....still I cant copy how he says his name.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Considering how he hated being French when he was young ………...

[@Eklektik40]

He said it in a perfect french. Though he has an accent when he do sing in french. Sounds more like a belgian than french accent. A slow pace. And he did sing in french a lot Including with Polyphonic Size and on his solo projects.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

@@Eklektik40 He says when he goes to France they say he sounds like an Englishman. They don't consider him to be a real Frenchman.

[@anthonyaylmer9768]

​@@treasurehunteruk9718maybe because he's a englishman with French parents he was born in london

[@jutjet4011]

Not so scary ,

[@robertwatson5104]

Like him as a bass player,, not keen on him we he opens his mouth arrogant and smug

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

He thinks he's JJB - doesn't he know, and there is no need to use the F word to explain what he is saying to us.

[@oliveroneill1388]

he looks like crap. . ive no respect . hugh is gone

[@ldom9039]

oliver o neill have you heard of that thing called getting old. I bet you won’t look any better at his age...

[@PVAPPE]

Hugh may be gone, but he remains an active director of Plumbshaft Limited, along with co-directors Jet Black, Dave Greenfield and Jean-Jacques Burnel!

[@londonlady1176]

.. and you're so fucking Ugly you use a dog as your profile pic! Wanker.

[@bajuszur]

@@PVAPPE beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01543337/officers

[@PVAPPE]

Maró Nátron : Yes; all four of the original members of the Stranglers are still active directors.