Category Archives: Interviews
Stranglers spell it out for SupaJam
supajam.com
"Dave Greenfield is a wonderful person to work with too, the guitar and keyboards are the melodic side of the band, and when a recording sounds fantastic we all still bounce around the studio like 18 year olds"
06 March 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, The News
BIG INTERVIEW Jean-Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers: 'I don't see The Stranglers as a cabaret or karaoke band'
portsmouth.co.uk
"We turned a corner on that, and Baz [Warne, guitarist and vocalist] and I bounce off each other all the time, socially and professionally, the band is in a good place at the moment, and I think that’s relatively rare, there aren’t too many bands of our vintage still producing new music and not living in the past."
05 Mar 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, Nottingham Post
Gary Glitter, Golden Brown and Rock City's great vibe - a fascinating chat with JJ Burnel of The Stranglers
nottinghampost.com
"Another highlight was the reviews that we got for the album Norfolk Coast fourteen years after (Hugh) Cornwell had left the band. It was at that time that I regained my confidence."
05 Mar 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, Sunday Post
The Stranglers’ Jean-Jacques Burnel hopes not to end up in a police cell on this visit to Scotland
sundaypost.com/
"It was scary and I remember the officers having a laugh at my expense when they gave me a cuppa the next morning."
02 Mar 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, BBC Radio 2
01 Mar 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, Belfast Telegraph
The Stranglers: All the things we did that were frowned upon in the past now seem like badges of honour
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
"We talk about one day The Stranglers will no longer be and it would have been 40 years over of our lives - and that's a weird concept, but you have to be realistic."
01 Mar 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, BBC Radio 2
28 Feb 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, Southend Echo
Stranglers get set for ‘party time’ tour
echo-news.co.uk
"We're playing a new piece this time. ... We're not flogging a new album, but we are working on something that we hope will be finished around September and released next year."
28 Feb 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, BBC Radio 2
27 Feb 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, BBC Radio 2
26 Feb 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, BBC Radio 2
24 Feb 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, Cambridge Independent
Punk legends The Stranglers to perform in Cambridge
cambridgeindependent.co.uk
"“Everyone’s asking about this, thinking it’s the last Stranglers tour,” laughs JJ, “but there’s another definition of ‘definitive’, which is what defines you"
24 Feb 2018 Interview: Baz Warne, The Irish News
Killer instinct: Stranglers frontman Baz Warne on Irish dates
irishnews.com
"By the time of the gig, people still didn't know that Paul had left the band: we stepped on the stage and by the third or fourth number people realised he wasn't turning up.
24 Feb 2018 Interview: JJ Burnel, The Scottish Sun
Punk legends The Stranglers open up about riots and nights in cells at Scottish gigs
thescottishsun.co.uk
"The first time we played in Scotland we weren’t the advertised act. The crowd came to see a rock group and got a bunch of punks instead."