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| In 'Sucker Punch', Baz plays
Coburn, the enigmatic ringer brought in from the North East to face
Buchinsky (Gordon Alexander) at the end of the film. Baz was born
on 25th March 1964 in Sunderland, the North East of England. He started
playing guitar at age of 10 when living in Vancouver, Canada with
an acoustic guitar which was actually given to younger brother Chris
as a birthday present. Baz's first gig came at the age of 16 at 'The
New Crown' in South Shields in the summer of 1980. |
| Since that time Baz has played
in numerous bands, including 'Toy Dolls', 'Smalltown Heroes', 'The
Troubleshooters', with 'Smalltown Heroes' supporting 'The Stranglers'
in 1995. After forming covers band 'Sun Devils', April 2000 saw old
mates The Stranglers call, they needed a new guitarist (and songwriter!)
and after successfully auditioning for the position in London on Wednesday
5th April, Baz found himself in Kosovo 10 days later playing for the
troops of the peace keeping force! February 2004 saw another significant
and special moment as The Stranglers released the album Norfolk Coast…Baz's
first studio album with the band. Baz wrote some of the tracks as
well as playing lead guitar on them all. |
| On 3rd June 2006 The Stranglers performed
at Weston-super-Mare as a four-piece once again, with Baz taking over
joint lead vocals (JJ Burnel reverting back to singing his share of
songs too), this following the recent departure of Paul Roberts. Baz
is currently busy finishing off the eagerly anticipated Stranglers
album 'Suite 16', due for release in September 2006. |
| Alongside 'Stranglers' legendary
Basist/vocalist JJ Burnel, Baz will be providing the soundtrack for
'Sucker Punch.' |
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