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Jean-Jacques "JJ" Burnel (born 21 February 1952, London), is a Franco-English musician, producer and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist with the British rock band The Stranglers. ==Life and career== Jean-Jacques Burnel was born in Notting Hill, London, to French parents. He moved with his parents to Godalming, Surrey, when he was about 12 and attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, subsequently reading history at the University of Bradford and Huddersfield Polytechnic.〔Buckley 1997, pp.16–18.〕 Burnel originally trained as a classical guitarist, but adopted the bass guitar as his instrument within The Stranglers.〔Buckley 1997, p.17.〕 He has also sung lead vocals on about a third of the band's songs. Burnel has been with The Stranglers since the group's inception in 1974, but has also 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 (Ecoutez Vos Murs)'' in 1983.〔Buckley 1997, pp.136–137.〕 Burnel has also produced and appeared as a guest musician for a number of artists, such as Lizard and ARB from Japan, Polyphonic Size (from Belgium) and Taxi Girl's album, ''Seppuku'', in 1981, as well as Laurent Sinclair's "Devant le Miroir" maxi single. Burnel also formed a rhythm and blues covers band, The Purple Helmets, who played a number of concerts and released two albums in the late 1980s. As a French citizen, Burnel received his call-up papers for national service in France. He 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. This was in accordance with Burnel's claim that only the "bourgeois" would ever agree to serve their country's military. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-Jacques Burnel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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