Hugh Cornwell
Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949, Tufnell Park, North London, England) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the vocalist and guitarist for the punk rock/new wave band, The Stranglers, from 1974 to 1990.
Early career
Cornwell grew up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he played bass in a band with Richard Thompson, later a member of Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, after earning a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Bristol University, he embarked on post-graduate research at Lund University in Sweden. Not long after his arrival he formed the band Johnny Sox.
The Stranglers
Cornwell returned to the UK in 1974 with Johnny Sox (minus Hans Wärmling). Jet Black then joined the band. At one stage it was just Cornwell and Black, who were then joined by Jean-Jacques Burnel. Hans Wärmling, on holiday from Sweden, joined the line-up towards the end of 1974. The Johnny Sox name was then dropped and the band toured under the name The Guildford Stranglers and eventually The Stranglers.
Solo (Hugh Cornwell album)
Solo is a 1999 album by Hugh Cornwell, a live "plugged and unplugged" solo gig recorded at The Bergen Blues & Roots Festival in Bergen, Norway, on April 29, 1999. The album has songs from Cornwell's solo work as well as titles which he wrote and performed whilst in The Stranglers. The album was released on Cornwell's label HIS Records (HIS CD 003).
Track listing
References
Hugh Cornwell
ALBUMS
- Totem & Taboo released: 2012
- Hooverdam released: 2009
- Dirty Dozen Live (Live, London 2005) released: 2006
- People Places Pieces released: 2006
- Beyond Elysian Fields released: 2004
- Guilty released: 1997
- Wired released: 1993
- CCW released: 1992
- Wolf released: 1988
- Nosferatu released: 1979
- First Bus To Babylon released:
- Footprints In The Desert released:
- Sons Of Shiva released:
- In the Dock released:
- Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit released:
- hi fi released:
