Jean-Jacques Burnel was born on 21 February 1952 and is an English musician, producer and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist with the English rock band The Stranglers.
16 Facts About Jean-Jacques Burnel
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Jean-Jacques Burnel is the last founding member to remain in the band.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel was born in Notting Hill, London, to French parents.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel's family owned a restaurant where his father worked as a chef.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel has been a member of the Stranglers since the group's inception in 1974, but has made two solo albums: Euroman Cometh in 1979, and Un Jour Parfait in 1988, as well as a collaborative album with fellow Stranglers member Dave Greenfield, Fire and Water in 1983.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel has produced and appeared as a guest musician for a number of artists, such as Lizard and ARB from Japan, Polyphonic Size and Taxi Girl's album Seppuku in 1981, as well as Laurent Sinclair's "Devant le Miroir" maxi single.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel formed a rhythm and blues covers band, the Purple Helmets, who played a number of concerts and released two albums in the late 1980s.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel succeeded in avoiding it with a novel defence, arguing that his absence would indirectly damage the Stranglers as a band, and therefore the careers of the other members.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel composed and performed music for the anime Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, including both the opening and ending themes, "We Were Lovers", and "You Won't See Me Coming" respectively.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel is fluent in French and writes many of his songs in the language.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel is noted for his distinctive bass guitar sound and melodic bass lines.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel currently plays Shuker JJ Burnel signature basses custom-built in England by Jon Shuker.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel was one of the first bass guitarists to use Trace Elliot amplification when the company began production in 1980.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel now uses amplification by Ashdown Engineering who have honoured him with his own JJ500 signature amps.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel is a motorcyclist and has owned many Triumph motorbikes.
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Jean-Jacques Burnel has produced and or appeared either as a member of the group or as a 'guest' musician on a number of recordings, as follows:.