Bernard Butler

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Bernard Butler


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Bernard Joseph Butler
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Born = birth date and age|1970|5|1 Stamford Hill, East London, England
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Instrument = Guitar, Piano, Violin.
Genre = Alternative rock, Britpop
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, Guitarist
Years_active = 1989 - present
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Associated_acts = Suede
The Tears
McAlmont and Butler Duffy
URL = [http://www.bernardbutler.com/ www.bernardbutler.com]
Notable_instruments = Cherry red Gibson ES-355 TD SV (Stereo Varitone) with a Bigsby tailpiece

Bernard Butler (born Bernard Joseph Butler 1 May 1970 in Stamford Hill, East London) is an English musician and record producer.

Career

He first achieved fame in 1992 as the guitarist with Suede, at the time an instant phenomenon in UK pop music. He co-wrote and played guitars on every track until 1994, when he left Suede over personal tensions within the band during the recording of their second album, "Dog Man Star". He was replaced by Richard Oakes.

After an abortive collaboration with former All About Eve singer Julianne Regan and spending one week as a member of The Verve after their guitarist, Nick McCabe, temporarily left the band, Butler formed the duo McAlmont and Butler with David McAlmont, a soul singer with a three-octave range. They released two singles, "Yes" and "You Do", before splitting up acrimoniously. A compilation album, "The Sound of McAlmont and Butler", was released after the split. He went on to release two albums under his own name, "People Move On" and "Friends and Lovers", before making up with McAlmont for a second McAlmont and Butler album, "Bring it Back", and two singles, "Falling" and "Bring it Back". Butler was also considered for Oasis after their founding member Paul Arthurs left.

Since then Butler has healed his rift with former Suede singer Brett Anderson, forming a new band, The Tears. The Tears released their highly anticipated debut LP, "Here Come The Tears", produced by Butler, in June 2005. Singles include "Refugees", which reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart, and "Lovers".

In between his own projects he has played on and produced records by Aimee Mann, Sparks, Edwyn Collins, Neneh Cherry, Tim Booth (of James), Duffy, the Manic Street Preachers, Eddi Reader, Hopper, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, The Libertines, Heather Nova, The Veils, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Cribs, Pretenders, The On-Off's, 1990s, The Mescalitas, Cut Off Your Hands, Cajun Dance Party, The View, Arkitekt, Sons and Daughters, Black Kids, Tricky and Sharleen Spiteri. He created the soundtrack to the 1997 film "The James Gang" and played on the soundtrack of "Velvet Goldmine", alongside Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. He has played live with The Cranberries, Paul Weller, Teenage Fanclub, the Manic Street Preachers and Bert Jansch.

Butler names former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as his major inspiration. Other probable influences include guitarists Peter Green, George Harrison and Steve Howe, Bert Jansch, producer Phil Spector, and the band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Whilst playing live he is often compared to Neil Young, although Young's rough-edged, stripped down sound could hardly be more different from Butler's elaborately layered studio, "Wall of Sound" arrangements: Creation Records boss Alan McGee, promoting Butler's first solo album, used Young as an example of a former sideman successfully moving to centre-stage.

Butler is often seen performing with a cherry red Gibson ES-355 TD SV (Stereo Varitone) with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. He is a vegetarian. [ [http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-sexyveg08_winners.asp The 2008 World's Sexiest Vegetarians Are… // Out There // peta2 ] ]

elected discography

* 1993 - Suede - "Suede" (Mercury Music Prize winner)
** singles: "The Drowners", "Metal Mickey", "Animal Nitrate", "So Young"
* 1994 - Suede - "Dog Man Star"
** singles: "We are the Pigs", "The Wild Ones", "New Generation"
* 1995 - McAlmont and Butler - "The Sound of McAlmont and Butler"
** singles: "Yes", "You Do"
* 1997 - Suede - "Sci-Fi Lullabies"
** (collection of Suede B-sides)
* 1998 - Bernard Butler - "People Move On"
** singles: "Stay", "Not Alone", "A Change of Heart"
* 1999 - Bernard Butler - "Friends and Lovers"
** singles: "Friends and Lovers", "You Must Go On"
* 2002 - McAlmont and Butler - "Bring it Back"
** singles: "Falling", "Bring it Back"
* 2005 - The Tears - "Here Come The Tears"
** singles: "Refugees", "Lovers"
* 2006 - McAlmont and Butler
** single: "Speed"
* 2008 - Duffy - "Rockferry"
** singles: "Rockferry"
* 2008 – Black Kids – "Partie Traumatic"
** singles: "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You", "Hurricane Jane"
* 2008 – Tricky – "Knowle West Boy"
** single: "Council Estate"
* 2008 – Sharleen Spiteri – "Melody"
** song: "It was you"

References

2008 Juliana Hatfield- "This Lonely Love"

External links

* [http://www.bernardbutler.com/ Bernard Butler's official website]
* [http://www.mcalmontandbutler.com/ McAlmont & Butler official website]
* [http://personales.ya.com/suede/bbcollabnews.html 70 Miles. A Bernard Butler fan site]
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