Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the Stranglers, Cornwell has recorded a further ten solo studio albums and continues to record and perform live. Cornwell grew up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he played bass in a band with Richard Thompson, later a member of folk rock band Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, after earning a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Bristol, he embarked on post-graduate research at Lund University in Sweden. Not long after his arrival he formed the band Johnny Sox. Cornwell returned to the UK in 1974 with Johnny Sox (minus Hans Wärmling). Drummer Jet Black then joined the band. At one stage it was just Cornwell and Black, who were then joined by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel. Guitarist, keyboardist and saxophonist Hans Wärmling, on holiday from Sweden, joined the line-up towards the end of 1974. The Johnny Sox name was dropped, with the band adopting the name the Guildford Stranglers before settling on the Stranglers. Wärmling was soon replaced by Dave Greenfield, who joined in 1975 after answering an advertisement placed in the Melody Maker magazine. Cornwell was the lead guitarist in the group and he also sang the majority of songs, with Burnel handling lead vocals on about a third of the band's songs. Years later, Burnel recalled that he often sang lyrics written by Cornwell, and vice versa, depending on "who had the best voice for that particular song". By 1977, the group had secured a recording contract with United Artists Records. They went on to become the most commercially successful band to emerge from the UK punk scene, with numerous hit singles and record albums. He recorded his first studio album away from the group, Nosferatu, in collaboration with the Captain Beefheart's Magic Band's drummer, Robert Williams, in 1979. Cornwell's first solo studio album, Wolf (1988) was produced by Ian Ritchie with additional production on two tracks by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who had engineered the first three Stranglers albums and produced their fourth studio album, The Raven (1979). Throughout his Stranglers career, Hugh used a Black Fender Telecaster all the way from 1974 until 1989 when he adopted a Gibson Melody Maker for the 10 Tour. Hugh also used a Hofner Razorwood for the La Folie Tour in 1981-82 for certain songs which required distinctive sounds. He also used a Bass guitar when performing Dead Loss Angeles on The Raven tour in 1979 and was instrumental in teaching Stranglers bassist Jean Jacques Burnel how to play bass guitar. In 1990, due to growing tensions within the band and a constant clash with Jean Jacques Burnel, he decided that he could go no further artistically. He recorded the album 10 with the band before leaving them after 16 years. ... Source: Article "Hugh Cornwell" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Hugh Cornwell
  • Popularity : 0.927
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1949-08-28
  • Place of Birth : Tufnell Park, London, England, UK
  • Homepage : http://www.hughcornwell.com/
  • Also Known As : The Stranglers
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Hugh Cornwell Movies

  • 1982
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    No Nukes! muziekfestival

    No Nukes! muziekfestival

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1988
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    Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

    Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

    5.6 1988 HD

    Svankmajer's music video for Hugh Cornwell's "Another Kind of Love."

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  • 2019
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    My View: Clem Burke

    My View: Clem Burke

    8 2019 HD

    An access all areas documentary with Clem Burke, a look back at 40 years on the road and performing with one of the worlds most iconic bands. Clem...

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  • 1985
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    One For My Baby

    One For My Baby

    1 1985 HD

    A BAFTA award nominated drama.

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  • 1988
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    Lucky Sunil

    Lucky Sunil

    1 1988 HD

    Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles...

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  • 1978
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    "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

    "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

    6 1978 HD

    George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities.

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  • 1987
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    Eat the Rich

    Eat the Rich

    6 1987 HD

    Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper...

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  • 1983
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    The Stranglers - Feline European Tour - Live in Hamburg

    The Stranglers - Feline European Tour - Live in Hamburg

    1 1983 HD

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  • 2005
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    Somewhere

    Somewhere

    1 2005 HD

    A disturbing glimpse of the future of internet gaming and how far people will go for fame.

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  • 1984
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    The Stranglers - The Video Collection 1977-1982

    The Stranglers - The Video Collection 1977-1982

    6 1984 HD

    A compilation of promos from The Stranglers, chronicling the five year period in which their sleazy pub rock launched them to worldwide success,...

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  • 1990
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    The Stranglers: Live at Alexandra Palace

    The Stranglers: Live at Alexandra Palace

    1 1990 HD

    Men in black, the Stranglers perform what turned out to be their final gig with founder vocalist Hugh Cornwell, live at Alexandra Palace on 11th...

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  • 2012
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    The Stranglers: Never To Look Back - The Video Collection 1983-2012

    The Stranglers: Never To Look Back - The Video Collection 1983-2012

    1 2012 HD

    Featuring twenty-two music videos from 1983 - 2012

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  • 1978
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    The Stranglers - Live '78, SF

    The Stranglers - Live '78, SF

    1 1978 HD

    The Stranglers playing live in San Francisco 1978.

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  • 2000
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    The Stranglers

    The Stranglers

    1 2000 HD

    BBC Choice documentary the story of The Stranglers, charting the band's rise to fame in the 1980s to present day. Despite the departure of lead...

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  • 1982
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    The Colour Black

    The Colour Black

    1 1982 HD

    A documentary made for BBC West in 1982, written & presented by Hugh Cornwell and Jet Black of The Stranglers. It focuses on the colour black and...

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  • 1987
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    The Bleeding Star

    The Bleeding Star

    1 1987 HD

    An Englishman arrives in a remote French town near the coast to collect his broken-down car. What he sees there will change his life forever.

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  • 2015
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    Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic

    Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic

    1 2015 HD

    Recorded at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen in December 2013, and features a song from every Stranglers studio album up to 1990 and a song from every Hugh...

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  • 2000
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    Mirrorball

    Mirrorball

    8 2000 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Colour Black

    The Colour Black

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Bleeding Star

    The Bleeding Star

    1 1987 HD

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  • 2015
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    Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic

    Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1986
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    Ambitions

    Ambitions

    4 1986 HD

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  • 2002
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    Through the Night with...

    Through the Night with...

    8 2002 HD

    Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are...

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  • 1996
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    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    6.961 1996 HD

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and...

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  • 1974
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    Rockpalast

    Rockpalast

    10 1974 HD

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