Category Archives: JJ Burnel
08 Aug 2013 JJ Burnel on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable, BBC 6 Music
Steve Lamacq's Roundtable
bbc.co.uk
"Ahead of the 6 Music Prom on Monday, JJ Burnel from The Stranglers joins Lammo has a Proms Roundtable special."
06 Aug 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, The Independent
Punk gets fusty? The Stranglers bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel embraces monarchy and the Daily Telegraph
independent.co.uk
"He’s the snarling bassist in The Stranglers, punk’s most malevolent survivors, famed for beating up rival bands, fans and each other. But Jean-Jacques Burnel has revealed that he is now a Daily Telegraph-reading advocate for Britain’s constitutional monarchy."
05 Aug 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, Radio Times
The Stranglers’ Jean-Jacques Burnel: The Rolling Stones were fantastic, U2 are boring and smug
radiotimes.com
"For Jean-Jacques Burnel, his time with the Stranglers meant that “If gigs didn’t end in a riot, or we weren’t booed off stage, it wasn’t good”."
01 Aug 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, Bass Player
Bass Player - August 2013
bassplayer.com
"Jean-Jacques Burnel and the Stranglers have returned with Giants, an album that captures the band's signature blend of punk, new wave, and balls-to-the-wall rock & roll."
12 July 2013 Review: Euroman Cometh, A Quirky Kook
The Harlot's* Shuffle ....
jodiekins22.blogspot.co.uk
"It famously features an entire track that is just a Triumph Bonneville motorbike revving up, and throbbing a bit. ACE."
25 Jun 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel & Baz Warne, The Turn Table
Stranglers on The Met’s Punk exhibit: “Cringey, creepy.”
blogs.canoe.ca
"A zeitgeist’s history means something to someone and in a hundred years time, it might just still mean something."
25 Jun 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel & Baz Warne, Toronto Sun
Stranglers still going strong
torontosun.com
"Do you find that provocative?” asks Burnel, 61, refusing to elaborate on the idea behind it: “I really don’t want to tell you because I don’t want to spoonfeed you so it will remain an enigma."
06 Jun 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel & Baz Warne, TORO Magazine
TRACK BY TRACK: THE STRANGLERS
toromagazine.com
"This was the Stranglers trying to do something funky. We’ve tried all sorts of musical avenues and fucked up every time. Our interpretations have missed the point ..."
04 Jun 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel & Baz Warne, Eric Holland
The Return Of The Stranglers
04 Jun 3013 Interview: JJ Burnel, Rockerzine
The Stranglers: Hanging Around
rockerzine.com
"We’ve caused so much controversy over the years. And now those who are our detractors are either dead, defunct, or retired, so we’re the last men standing."
02 Jun 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel & Baz Warne, Equalizing-X-Distort
01 June 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, La Presse
The Stranglers: l'humour décalé des hommes en noir
lapresse.ca
"Burnel n'est pas entièrement satisfait de Giants , mais il estime qu'il possède les qualités qui ont fait la marque des Stranglers ..."
29 May 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, Metro
They’re ‘Giants’ at home, but the Stranglers deserve more US love
metro.us
"While punk rock veterans and astute audiophiles are no strangers to the Stranglers’ pedigree, the band feels as though they’ve never received their due respect in America ..."
29 May 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, Caught in the Carousel
From Bach to the pubs: An interview with JJ Burnel of The Stranglers
caughtinthecarousel.com
"We were starting to get a reputation. But we were still playing small pubs and clubs. But we played about 180 shows that year!"
28 May 2013 Interview: JJ Burnel, The Big Takeover
The Stranglers Storm North America: An Interview with J.J. Burnel
bigtakeover.com
"Why now? We’re psychologically ready for it. It has taken us a long time to prepare ourselves for this."