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Jean-Jacques Burnel
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Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 21 February 1952 in London) also known as J J Burnel, is an Anglo-French musician and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist with the British rock band, The Stranglers.
Burnel was born in London, to French parents on 21 February 1952. He moved with his parents to Godalming in Surrey when he was about twelve. Burnel originally trained as a classical guitarist, but adopted the bass guitar as his instrument within the Stranglers. He has also sung lead vocals on approximately 25% of their songs.
Burnel has been with The Stranglers since their inception in 1974, but has also made two solo albums Euroman Cometh in 1979, and Un Jour Parfait in 1988, as well as a collaborative album with fellow Strangler Dave Greenfield, Fire & Water in 1983.
Burnel is noted for his distinctive bass guitar sound, which is particularly prominent on earlier Stranglers recordings produced by Martin Rushent, such as the hit singles “No More Heroes” and “Peaches”. The sound is aggressive and trebly, was created using a Fender Precision Bass with RotoSound roundwound strings played with a plectrum very close to the bridge, through a Hiwatt 200w amplifier with 2 Hiwatt 4*12 speaker cabinets. Such a cabinet was intended for electric guitar, and the speaker cones on Burnel’s unit were damaged. He now uses an Ashdown rig as can be seen in the picture. J J Burnel has been a RotoSound endorsee since the early 1980s, and has featured in their advertising.
Burnel was born in London, to French parents on 21 February 1952. He moved with his parents to Godalming in Surrey when he was about twelve. Burnel originally trained as a classical guitarist, but adopted the bass guitar as his instrument within the Stranglers. He has also sung lead vocals on approximately 25% of their songs.
Burnel has been with The Stranglers since their inception in 1974, but has also made two solo albums Euroman Cometh in 1979, and Un Jour Parfait in 1988, as well as a collaborative album with fellow Strangler Dave Greenfield, Fire & Water in 1983.
Burnel is noted for his distinctive bass guitar sound, which is particularly prominent on earlier Stranglers recordings produced by Martin Rushent, such as the hit singles “No More Heroes” and “Peaches”. The sound is aggressive and trebly, was created using a Fender Precision Bass with RotoSound roundwound strings played with a plectrum very close to the bridge, through a Hiwatt 200w amplifier with 2 Hiwatt 4*12 speaker cabinets. Such a cabinet was intended for electric guitar, and the speaker cones on Burnel’s unit were damaged. He now uses an Ashdown rig as can be seen in the picture. J J Burnel has been a RotoSound endorsee since the early 1980s, and has featured in their advertising.
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Lennyloon wrote:
hhmmm The Rebirth I have the soundtrack and it credits JJ Burnel with 8 of the tracks.
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sofaguard wrote:
stranglers kick ass. anyone heard jj's girlfrom the snow country. its mint, so is freddie laker
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BadFurDay wrote:
When I was way younger I loved Euroman Cometh. Couldn't listen to it anymore now, but it's an awesome album.
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AcidBeast wrote:
yeah, he is so japanese
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bl4cklight wrote:
Good soundrack :) Is there a same style anime out there (similar to Gankutsuo?); that anime was the last one noteworthy I watched, and thats long ago.
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The_Rebirth wrote:
BTW, only two songs are by him. Whoever put his name as the artist for the other songs is retarded.
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The_Rebirth wrote:
Yeah basically. I'm not gonna lie. I only listened to his two song that are fo the themes of Gankutsuou. Which is seriously one of the best masterpieces ever.
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magicalsushi wrote:
Strange, I'd say exactly the opposite.
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ninjavsself wrote:
We Were Lovers is an amazing song. I can't say the same for You Won't See Me Coming.
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Mrakoslava wrote:
XD
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Fraver wrote:
Awesome Soundtrack
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