Dunstan Bruce
Dunstan Bruce | |
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| Birth name | Duncan "Dunstan" Bruce |
| Born | 31 December 1960 Billingham, England |
| Genres | Anarcho-punk, post-punk |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, musician, filmmaker |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Dunstan Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is a British musician and filmmaker who is best known for his work with Leeds-based anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba, of which he was a founding member. He grew up in the northern industrial town of Billingham.
Career[edit]
Musician[edit]
Prior to Chumbawamba, Bruce sang for the Billingham-based band Men in a Suitcase. At the beginning of 1982, Bruce joined Chumbawamba and was the lead singer of the band's biggest hit single, "Tubthumping". Bruce left Chumbawamba at the end of 2004 along with Alice Nutter, Harry Hamer and Danbert Nobacon when the band transformed into an acoustic/folk outfit who eventually split up in 2012.
Bruce is the lead singer of Interrobang?!, an agitprop post-punk band he formed in 2012 with ex-Chumbawamba drummer Harry Hamer and ex-Regular Fries guitarist Stephen Griffin. They released a critically acclaimed eponymous album in 2018.[1]
Bruce performed a spoken word piece accompanied by music as the Existential Angst of Dunstan Bruce.[2]
Filmmaker[edit]
Bruce has worked in filmmaking, producing a soundtrack for Channel 4's Whatever: A Teenage Musical[3] and several documentary films, including one about his experience in Chumbawamba called Well Done, Now Sod Off,[3] which won the audience prize at Leeds International Film Festival.[citation needed] In 2012, Bruce directed a movie about the punk group Sham 69's tour of China called This Band Is So Gorgeous,[3] which was nominated for the "Best Music Documentary" at IDFA in 2012.[citation needed] In 2014 he directed the music documentary A Curious Life about the folk-punk band Levellers.[3] He co-directed the film "I Get Knocked Down" with documentary filmmaker Sophie Robinson about his own experience of being a member of Chumbawamba. This had a cinematic release in 2023, screening in the UK extensively.
References[edit]
- ^ Ross, Chloe (20 March 2018). "Album Review: Interrobang (Self Titled) • RadioHud". Radiohud.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "A Politically Meaningful Camaraderie". Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Welcome". moonfruit.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
External links[edit]
- "A new music film documents the curious life of the Levellers - The Ask". MusicFilmWeb. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "A Chumbawamba FAQ". oocities.org. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "MFDB - The Music Documentary Database". musicfilmweb.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- https://brightonsource.co.uk/reviews/am-i-invisible-yet-review/
- https://www.soandsopictures.com/i-get-knocked-down
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/01/i-get-knocked-down-review-enjoyable-blast-of-pop-history-from-chumbawamba-frontman
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