Dunstan Bruce
Musical artist
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Dunstan Bruce (December 31, 1960)[1] is a British musician and filmmaker. He was a founding member of the anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba.
- Singer
- musician
- filmmaker
- Vocals
- percussion
- bass
- guitar
- turntables
- saxophone
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| Born | December 31, 1960 |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
Career
Musician
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
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]