Dunsten Bruce

 

Dunstan Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is a British musician and filmmaker who is perhaps 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.

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 after struggles and a rivalry with Boff Whalley, and the band 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.

Bruce performs spoken word pieces accompanied by music as the Existential Angst of Dunstan Bruce.

Keynote Lecture

Echoes and Dust

Websites

https://echoesanddust.com/2024/01/dunstan-bruce/

https://www.huckmag.com/article/chumbawumba-dunstan-bruce-i-get-knocked-down-documentary-interview-2023

https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/does-rock-n-roll-kill-braincells-chumbawambas-dunstan-bruce-3564483

 

 

 

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