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Hugh Cornwell

Musician

Forfans of the stranglers, post‑punk/new wave listeners, and collectors of late‑70s experimental rock.
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The Profile

Hugh Cornwell is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as a founding member and frontman of The Stranglers. Since leaving the band, he has pursued a long-running solo career with albums including Nosferatu, Wolf, Guilty, Hi Fi, Hooverdam, Totem & Taboo and Monster.

Founding singer-guitarist of The Stranglers; active since the mid‑1970s; solo catalog includes Nosferatu (with Robert Williams), Wolf, Guilty, Hi Fi, Hooverdam, Totem & Taboo and Monster.

A single, glowing review explores Hugh Cornwell’s Nosferatu, born from his collaboration with Robert Williams. It frames the album as a nocturnal, synth-laced soundtrack homage to Murnau’s 1922 film, with guests including Ian Underwood, Devo, Ian Dury, and a Clash chorus. Highlights span from the title track to “Losers in a Lost Land,” “Wired,” and “Mothra,” plus a Cream cover (“White Room”). Initially overlooked, the album has been reevaluated—and Cornwell still performs it live in full.

Notable Quotes

❝ From the collaboration with Robert Williams, drummer of Mr. Van Vliet’s Magic Band, comes this dark, nocturnal album, with fading punk echoes—we’re talking about 1978 (although the album was only released the following year)—and traces of what would also become the future sound of the Stranglers.