Category Archives: Interviews
21 Nov 2011 Interview: Hugh Cornwell
20 Oct 2011 Interview: Hugh Cornwell
Hugh Cornwell plays the Brighton Bar
www.app.com
"There’s no way I’ll ever be back with that band. We ran our course and if you want to see the Stranglers play the songs I sang with them, go ahead."
30 Jun 2011 Interview: Hugh Cornwell, Eagle Radio
Hugh Cornwell interview by Peter Gordon for Eagle Radio, podcast available for download from Eagle Radio
05 Apr 2011 Interview: Hugh Cornwell, The Portable Infinite
Hugh Cornwell
portable-infinite.blogspot.co.uk
"The thing is that English musicians need to have a work permit. IF I bring them over here it would cost me fifteen thousand dollars before I even got off the plane."
15 Mar 2011 Interview: JJ Burnel
Interview: The Stranglers
cambridgetab.co.uk
"During those days, most of the students didn’t question those movements, and I did…we said at the time we didn’t want to be associated with that. So Michael Eavis held that against us for all those years. We would have headlined"
04 Mar 2011 Interview: JJ Burnel
Interview: JJ Burnel (The Stranglers)
mikeatkinson.wordpress.com
"When the Soviet Union collapsed, and they released lots of information, which had been hitherto kept secret, it transpired that all the unilateralist peace movements in the west had been financed by Moscow. And I instinctively knew it. Michael Eavis held that against us for a while, until last year."
03 Mar 2011 Interview: JJ Burnel
The ultimate Stranglers interview- JJ Burnel opens up
louderthanwar.com
"They were the nastiest, funniest, darkest, moodiest, weirdest, glowering bunch of outsider pop stars ever and easily the sleaziest, most dangerous, most off the wall band in the whole punk rock canyon"
27 Feb 2011 Interview: Hugh Cornwell
INTERVIEW: HUGH CORNWELL (THE STRANGLERS)
silentradio.co.uk
"A lot of the songs from Rattus started out as a three piece, so that’s why the early songs really lend themselves to going back to a trio set up"
21 Feb 2011 Interview: Baz Warne
INTERVIEW: The Stranglers
www.liverpool-live.info
"I borrowed £100 of a mate because I was on the dole at the time. Took my old guitar down to London on the train and got the gig on the spot. Ten days later I was in Kosovo in a whirlwind of war and playing with one of my all time favourite bands, it was fabulous."
12 Jan 2011 Interview: JJ Burnell
INTERVIEW // The Stranglers
www.hivemag.com
"I think the music industry sucks. I’ve just been playing live for that amount of time. Doesn’t make a difference to me, it’s full of accountants and arse holes, people who don’t care about music."
25 Oct 2010 Interview: Hugh Cornwell, WFMU
Part 1
Hugh Cornwell Interview Part 1 of 6 WFMU Stranglers
26 Aug 2012 Interview: Baz Warne, Get Surrey
The Stranglers prepare for Weyfest
getsurrey.co.uk
"I’m from the industrial north so I like things like steam trains."
29 Jul 2010 Interview: JJ Burnel, The Independent
My life in ten questions...The Stranglers’ Jean-Jacques Burnel
independent.co.uk
"Never marry a French girl. Especially one from the South of France - someone should have warned me!"
26 Mar 2010 Interview: Baz Warne
Baz Warne - Stranglers
rock-interviews.com
"Yeah, they come from England, it's generally known as the 'Wonky bus' because everybody drinks and gets wonky."
15 Mar 2010 Interview: JJ Burnel, CLASH
The Stranglers' Last Day On Earth
clashmusic.com
"What would your final words be? 'Shit, miscalculated that bend!'"