STRANGLERS VISAS REVOKED!
Hugh Cornwell and Jean Jacques Bumel, guitarist and bassist for the Stranglers, recently made headlines in Britain by beating the shit out of a critic who wrote a bad review of one of their live shows. In a Melody Maker interview later that week, Bumel said, "I cannot abide personal criticism.
STRANGLERS VISAS REVOKED!
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Hugh Cornwell and Jean Jacques Bumel, guitarist and bassist for the Stranglers, recently made headlines in Britain by beating the shit out of a critic who wrote a bad review of one of their live shows. In a Melody Maker interview later that week, Bumel said, "I cannot abide personal criticism. Most reviewers are talentless, sick people who take out their problems on creative artists like myself. Anyone who criticizes me must be prepared to take the consequences."
Up to that point I had actually been looking forward to seeing the Stranglers in action. The rampant sexism and brutality of their lyrics had put me off somewhat but I rationalized thusly: Anger is a valid emotion and it is too often suppressed and/or ignored by our culture. Its expression in an artistic