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Jet Black (born Brian John Duffy, 26 August 1938,Ilford, Essex) is an English drummer and founder member of punk rock / new wave band The Stranglers.
Black was a successful businessman up until the mid-1970s, owning a fleet of ice cream vans, and an off-licence in Guildford, called 'The Jackpot'. This establishment was the base for the early Stranglers. He was also the owner of one of the earliest home brewing equipment companies, at the time of a vogue in home brewing.
He became a full-time professional musician in the mid 1970s and met Hugh Cornwell of band Johnny Sox after reading an advertisement in the Melody Maker magazine. Cornwell joined Black in The Stranglers in 1974.
His style is usually simple and jazz-influenced, although "Duchess" and "Down in the Sewer" are examples of Stranglers songs that feature more frantic drumming. In the mid 1980s, Black elected to cease playing acoustic drums in the recording studio and used a Simmons kit triggered by pick-ups, most notably on the Feline and Aural Sculpture albums. Black is still currently drumming for The Stranglers, despite his advancing years. His name is frequently chanted by the crowd at concerts.
(Music: De Feis/Pursino, lyrics: De Feis)
Naked as an angel
Stone love eye to eye
Six gun singing' stranger
Dust raised, born to die
Funeral train comin'
In the hours of the damned
Lock your daughters weeping
Keep'em from this voodoo man
Chorus:
Jet Black- black as the river flown
Black as my heart on a night of love
Jet Black- under the burning sky
(Black is the love the we used to share)
Hidin' on the outside
The kill completes the chase
Sidewalk screamin' rat race
Ev'ry fuckin' day
Runnin' from the wreckage
Of this burned out paradise
Our love becomes a weapon
My eyes reflect the night
Chorus
(Black is the space between the stars)...Oh, you got it right now
Blood and gasoline
Crucify my spirit
Don't gimme your prayers
Watch her walk... see the silence
Watch the venom drip...
...Drip from her legs
Like diamonds.. like wine
Cool child... let it go...
Chorus
(She's got the eyes I wanna roll)
Jet Black- you got my heart
You got my soul- I wanna love
Jet Black- black as the night
Black is the way..
The world will end.