Hugh Cornwell

I always file Hugh Cornwell under the punk-era frontmen who treated the band as a launchpad rather than a destiny. Fronting The Stranglers from 1974 to 1990 on lead vocals and guitar would be a full career for most, yet what strikes me is that he walked away and kept going, stacking up roughly ten solo studio albums and still recording and touring. The University of Bristol detail hints at the sharper, literate streak I associate with that scene. To me he reads less like a nostalgia act and more like a working artist who never stopped, which is the part I respect most.

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Name (English)

Hugh Cornwell

Name (Japanese)

ヒュー・コーンウェル

Reading

ひゅー・こーんうぇる

Born

August 28, 1949 (age 77)

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

autobiographer / singer / guitarist / singer-songwriter / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

University

University of Bristol

• Official sitehttps://hughcornwell.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Cornwell
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634265

Tags

• autobiographer
• singer
• guitarist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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