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| Born | 31 December 1960 |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
Dunstan Bruce (31 December 1960)[1] is a British musician and filmmaker. He was a founding member of the anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba.
Career
[edit]Musician
[edit]Bruce joined Chumbawamba when it formed in 1982.[2] He is lead singer on the band's biggest hit single, "Tubthumping" (1997).[3] Bruce left Chumbawamba at the end of 2004.[2]
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.[4]
Bruce performed a spoken-word piece accompanied by music as the Existential Angst of Dunstan Bruce.[5]
Filmmaker
[edit]Bruce has a film production company.[6] He collaborated on Channel 4's Whatever: A Teenage Musical,[7] and worked on several documentary films: Well Done. Now Sod Off. (2000) during his time in Chumbawamba,[8] I Get Knocked Down (2021) about his experience in Chumbawamba,[8] A Curious Life about the folk rock band Levellers,[9] 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.[10]
In 2022, his one-man show Am I Invisible Yet? played in New Milton.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dunstan Bruce discography - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- 1 2 Goodman, Amy (19 October 2017). "The Untold Story of Chumbawamba: Dunstan Bruce on '90s Anthem Song 'Tubthumping' & What Came After". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ Khaleeli, Homa (5 April 2016). "How we made Chumbawamba's Tubthumping". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Chumbawamba: They got knocked down..." The Independent. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "TV UK, 7 May". www.spiked-online.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- 1 2 Willman, Chris (14 March 2022). "'I Get Knocked Down' Review: Singer Thumps a Tub for Life After Chumbawamba's Lone Hit". Variety. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ Newman, Melinda (7 July 2015). "Chumbawamba's Dunstan Bruce Starts Kickstarter to Fund 'Untold Story' Documentary". Billboard. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ Wissot, Lauren (30 November 2012). "Top of the Doc: Toasting 25 Years at IDFA 2012 - Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "Laughs, tunes and illusions at New Milton venue in October". Advertiser and Times. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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.
- 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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