Jean-Jacques Burnel

Jean-Jacques Burnel is punk that refused to mellow, and I love that. Born in 1952, he's the bassist and co-vocalist of The Stranglers, the only original member still standing, with a snarling, distorted bass tone you can identify in a single bar. The French heritage and the fact that he's also a serious karate practitioner give him this proper hard-man-musician edge. Still driving the band decades on is genuinely impressive. What I admire most is that he never sanded off the rough corners; the confrontational spirit of punk is something he's carried for half a century without going soft.

Name (English)

Jean-Jacques Burnel

Name (Japanese)

ジャン＝ジャック・バーネル

Reading

じゃん＝じゃっく・ばーねる

Born

February 21, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Notting Hill, United Kingdom

Height

2 cm

Occupation

singer / bass guitarist / songwriter / musician

University

University of Bradford

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB

Tags

• singer
• bass guitarist
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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