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Hugh Cornwell is an English musician & songwriter, best known for being the vocalist, guitarist and original founder of the British punk/new wave group The Stranglers, 1974–90.

Cornwell was born in London, England in 1949 - growing up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town - and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he was friends with Richard Thompson, later a member of Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, having obtained a degree in biochemistry from Bristol University, he embarked on postgraduate research post in Lund University, southern Sweden. Not long after his arrival he formed a band, Johnny Sox.

Cornwell did not complete his doctorate and returned to the UK, in 1974. Soon after, he formed The Stranglers with Jet Black, Hans Warmling and Jean Jacques Burnel. By 1977 they had secured a deal with United Artists records and become the highest selling band on the UK punk scene and had several hit singles and albums.

By the time Cornwell reached his thirties, the British punk scene had died down and he was prompted to start a solo career in case the Stranglers broke up. He recorded his first album away from the group, Nosferatu, in collaboration with the Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band’s drummer, Robert Williams, in 1979.

Shortly before his 41st birthday Cornwell decided that the band could go no further artistically. He recorded the albums 10 and Saturday Night/Sunday Morning before leaving after sixteen years in the band. He described life with the Stranglers as brilliant, but he felt he had a dark coat over him. His biographical writing attest to many conflicts within the band, particularly between Cornwell and Burnel.

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Muldwych wrote:
November 2011

@KurtBell - are you sure? I clicked on 'J.J Burnel' and at the time of posting, it showed "18,637 plays", while Hugh had "50,790 plays". I too would be very surprised if Burnel was being scrobbled more times than Hugh.

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KurtBell wrote:
August 2011

I can't believe Jean-Jacques Burnel has 3x more listens than Hugh, i love them both it's just funny because Burnel only has 2 solo albums and Hugh has 10.

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Assembly-LSpa wrote:
March 2011

Hugh plays the (officially) best live venue in the UK, April 13th http://www.last.fm/event/1869253+Hugh+Cornwell

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evonx wrote:
December 2010

download now : the stranglers according to the fans! http://www.themeninblack.co.uk/forums/covered/ artwork for a downloadable cover, with track-list & contributors names etc, available early 2011

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exprof wrote:
December 2010

Brussels http://concerts-review.over-blog.com/article-hugh-cornwell-au-botanique-bruxelles-le-1-decembre-2010-62201940.html

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Shirsh wrote:
June 2010

wtf is laysaish? о_О

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Glamypunk wrote:
March 2010

Or this one:"It's a long time since we've last played here, in fact we didn't play here at all" ;D

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Muldwych wrote:
December 2009

Heh, haven't heard that one. "Have you got your Crackerjack pencils? Well, you can stick them up your arses, then!"

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Glamypunk wrote:
November 2009

@Muldwych: yes, or directed to the cheering audience: "Is something molesting You? You wanna go to a toilet?" XD

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Moneo-LT wrote:
October 2009

Been to his gig on the 15th of October and it was epic!

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Muldwych wrote:
October 2009

Glamypunk - you mean this kind of thing? "So, I hear that 21,000 free condoms have been distributed over these last few days. So some of you have been lucky, and some of you haven't been so lucky. So if there's 30, 000 people here and 21,000 free condoms have been given out, that means there's 9,000 wankers out there!"

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Glamypunk wrote:
August 2009

I miss his announcements

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ladyemero wrote:
June 2009

I'm enjoying the new album :D

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jasonwright wrote:
February 2009

Hugh, do not forget your mates in the states!

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karelbeer wrote:
February 2009

Hugh Cornwell in concert 31st march & 1st april Paris la Java, www.anythingmatters.com for more info

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phvdlinden wrote:
December 2008

And it's a good album too!

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Wadey75 wrote:
October 2008

Hugh is a legend!!

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wasabi_rush wrote:
June 2008

For those peeps that aren't yet aware, you can download Hugh's latest album 'Hooverdam' at http://www.hooverdamdownload.com - and it's all totally FREE!!

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