Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956) is an English musician. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant...
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lyricist Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending...
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English rock band formed in Salford 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris. Their integration of...
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Trade Hall, Curtis encountered three childhood school friends named Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Terry Mason. The trio informed Curtis – whom they had...
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an English alternative dance supergroup formed by singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner (of New Order) and guitarist Johnny Marr (of the Smiths). They co-wrote...
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leaving the actual basslines to keyboards or sequencers. Along with Bernard Sumner, Hook formed the band which was to become Joy Division in 1976. Following...
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Factory Records label, also served as a co-producer. Curtis' bandmates Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris provided incidental music for the soundtrack...
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breakup of New Order. The band consisted of then-former New Order members Bernard Sumner and Phil Cunningham as well as Rambo & Leroy's Jake Evans. The name...
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and the subsequent shock for those surrounding him, remaining members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris elected to carry on, albeit under a...
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the debut studio album by the British group Electronic, consisting of Bernard Sumner, the former guitarist and keyboardist of Joy Division and the lead singer...
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feeling that he was in a whirlpool and being pulled down, drowning." Bernard Sumner, recollecting on Ian Curtis's mindset during the recording sessions...
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Reading Festival in promotion of the album in August 1993. Lead singer Bernard Sumner was known to dislike travelling to North America, and media reports...
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Blue Monday (New Order song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
written and produced by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner. "Blue Monday" is a eurodisco, synth-pop and alternative dance song...
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Ceremony (New Order song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
composed, with lyrics written by Ian Curtis. According to guitarist Bernard Sumner, the band wrote the song a couple of weeks before Ian Curtis died "to...
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Dead Souls (song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
band members Ian Curtis (vocals and lyrics), Peter Hook (bass guitar), Bernard Sumner (lead guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums). Centred on a circular bassline...
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and "Mesh", the other two songs on the EP were produced by New Order. Bernard Sumner remarked: "Martin's last track was "Everything's Gone Green" – fact...
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Getting Away with It (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
is the first single by the English band Electronic, which comprised Bernard Sumner of New Order, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, and guesting vocalist...
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tour. The band gained some criticism from the other New Order members, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris (also of Joy Division) and Gillian Gilbert, after...
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October 2009, and in the US on 10 November 2009. Ex-New Order member Bernard Sumner formed the group with Jake Evans and Phil Cunningham. The three guitarists...
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1963 (song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
lyricist Bernard Sumner writes a tongue-in-cheek account of the song's lyrics that relate it to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Sumner facetiously...
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(originally by New Order) Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner Orgy 4:26 4. "The Metro" (originally by Berlin) John Crawford System...
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related side projects. Joy Division was formed in 1976 by guitarist Bernard Sumner and bassist Peter Hook, later recruiting singer Ian Curtis and drummer...
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True Faith (song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
grown up together/They're all taking drugs with me". Hague convinced Bernard Sumner to change the latter line to "They're afraid of what they see" because...
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written by New Order (Peter Hook, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner), except where indicated Along with the vinyl edition's 12-inch singles...
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Division formed in Salford in 1976 during the first wave of punk rock. Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook had separately attended a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester...
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Disorder (song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
band members Ian Curtis (vocals and lyrics), Peter Hook (bass guitar), Bernard Sumner (guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums). The music for the track emerged...
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with the group. He simultaneously formed Electronic with New Order's Bernard Sumner. Electronic were intermittently active throughout the 1990s, releasing...
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Temptation (New Order song) (category Songs written by Bernard Sumner)
features an audible "startled yelp" during the song's intro. Vocalist Bernard Sumner has since explained that the scream was from him due to bandmates thrusting...
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driven technique of players such as Matthew Ashman of Bow Wow Wow and Bernard Sumner of Joy Division as much as possible because he believes that their style...
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Simm featured in the film 24 Hour Party People as New Order frontman Bernard Sumner. It was also this year that he played Raskolnikov in the BBC adaptation...
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