Biography
Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the Stranglers, Cornwell has recorded a further ten solo studio albums and continues to record and perform live. 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 folk rock band Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, after earning a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Bristol, he embarked on post-graduate research at Lund University in Sweden. Not long after his arrival he formed the band Johnny Sox. Cornwell returned to the UK in 1974 with Johnny Sox (minus Hans Wärmling). Drummer Jet Black then joined the band. At one stage it was just Cornwell and Black, who were then joined by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel. Guitarist, keyboardist and saxophonist Hans Wärmling, on holiday from Sweden, joined the line-up towards the end of 1974. The Johnny Sox name was dropped, with the band adopting the name the Guildford St…
Movies & TV Shows
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) — Self
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Eat the Rich (1987) — Edgeley
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Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self - The Stranglers
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Through the Night with... (2002) — Self
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Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love (1988) — Self
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My View: Clem Burke (2019) — Self
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Lucky Sunil (1988) — Charlie
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"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist (1978) — Self
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Somewhere (2005) — Man A
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The Stranglers - The Video Collection 1977-1982 (1984) — Self
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Ambitions (1986) — Self - The Stranglers
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Rockpalast (1974) — Self (guitar vocal)
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No Nukes! muziekfestival (1982) — Self - The Stranglers
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One For My Baby (1985) — Frank
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The Stranglers - Feline European Tour - Live in Hamburg (1983)
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The Stranglers: Live at Alexandra Palace (1990) — Self
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The Stranglers: Never To Look Back - The Video Collection 1983-2012 (2012) — Self (archive footage)
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The Stranglers - Live '78, SF (1978) — Self
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The Stranglers (2000) — Self
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The Colour Black (1982) — Presenter
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The Bleeding Star (1987) — The Traveller
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Hugh Cornwell: Anthology - Aberdeen Acoustic (2015) — Self
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The Stranglers: Death + Night + Blood (2019) — Self - (Archival footage)
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Blueprint (2008) — Self
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The Stranglers - Live in Madrid (1986) — Self
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The Stranglers: Screentime (1986) — Self
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Rockstage: The Stranglers (1981) — Self
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Hugh Cornwell: Live in Paris at MCM Cafe (1996) — Self
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The Stranglers: The Raven Tour live in Paris (1979) — Self
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Hugh Cornwell Songbook (2008) — Self
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Stranglers in the Night (1985) — Self