| Jean Jaques Burnel - The Stranglers |
| 'Stud of the Year' was the headline in this NME centrefold taken by Pennie Smith back in X-mas 1977 JJ Burnel is the tough, rough, looking stud in the dirty old men band, The Stanglers. He was more infamous for his brutal journalistic beatings than for scoring girls, but he had more than his fair share of Choosie Suzys over the years. His bassplaying skills are second to none in the punk scene and this punk was a black belt in karate too. So any gobbing by the punks soon got sorted in their live sets. Still playing bass to this day in The Stranglers and still the biggest crowd puller of the band when old favourites like 'Something Better Change' and '5 minutes' are aired he continues to display an air of menace Background picture JJ from the classic 'Rattus Norvegicus LP cover 1977!!! |
"At the end of 1977, I allowed myself to be a centrespread for NME but no one ever
told me they were going to put 'Stud Of The Year'. I was taking the piss out myself;
when you're a 24-year-old bloke you want to get laid, you wanted to be treated as a
sex object as much as other people. No one ever understands our jokes, maybe they
weren't funny.
Jean-Jaques Burnel, May 1990.
told me they were going to put 'Stud Of The Year'. I was taking the piss out myself;
when you're a 24-year-old bloke you want to get laid, you wanted to be treated as a
sex object as much as other people. No one ever understands our jokes, maybe they
weren't funny.
Jean-Jaques Burnel, May 1990.
