"Muscle Power, Muscle Power, Muscle Power, Muscle Power!!!" "At the end of 1977, I allowed myself to be a centrespread for NME but no one ever told me they were going to put 'Stud Of The Year'. I was taking the piss out myself; when you're a 24-year-old bloke you want to get laid, you wanted to be treated as a sex object as much as other people. No one ever understands our jokes, maybe they weren't funny.  Jean-Jaques Burnel, May 1990.

'Stud of the Year' was the headline in this NME centrefold back in X-mas 1977 JJ Burnel was the tough, rough, looking stud in the dirty old men band, The Stanglers. He was more infamous for his brutal journalistic beatings than the girls. But he had more than his fair share of Choosie Suzys not doubt. His bassplaying skills are second to none in the punk scene and this punk was a black belt in karate too. So any gobbing by the punks soon got sorted in their live sets. Still playing bass to this day in The Stranglers and still the biggest crowd puller of the band when old favourites like 'Something Better Change' and '5 minutes' are aired! Background picture is from the 100 club 1976, giving a fan some barracuda!!!