Dunstan Bruce
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| Dunstan Bruce performing in London in 2017 Dunstan Bruce performing in London in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Duncan "Dunstan" Bruce 31 December 1960 Billingham, England |
| Genres | Anarcho-punk, post-punk |
| Occupations | 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 Billingham, County Durham.
Career
[edit | edit source]Musician
[edit | edit source]Prior to Chumbawamba, Bruce sang for the Billingham-based band Men in a Suitcase. At the beginning of 1982, Bruce joined Chumbawamba. He is lead singer on the band's biggest hit single, "Tubthumping" (1997). 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.[citation needed]
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 | edit source]Bruce has a film production company.[3] He collaborated on Channel 4's Whatever: A Teenage Musical,[4] and worked on several documentary films: Well Done. Now Sod Off. (2000) during his time in Chumbawamba,[5] I Get Knocked Down (2021) about his experience in Chumbawamba,[5] A Curious Life about the folk rock band Levellers (band),[6] and This Band Is So Gorgeous!: Sham 69 in China about the punk band Sham 69. It was nominated for "Best Music Documentary" at the 2012 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[7]
In 2022, his one-man show Am I Invisible Yet? played in New Milton.[8]
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Further reading
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External links
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- Am I Invisible Yet? Review
- I Get Knocked Down
- I Get Knocked Down review – enjoyable blast of pop history from Chumbawamba frontman
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