Bernard Sumner
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Bernard Sumner (born January 4, 1956 in Salford near Manchester , England ) is a British singer , songwriter , musician ( vocals , guitar , keyboards ) and music producer .
He is a founding member of Joy Division and New Order and has been primarily responsible for the style development of New Order over the years.
Live and act
Sumner was raised most of the time by his grandparents and is the child of a mother who was severely disabled from birth ( infantile cerebral palsy ) and whose second husband (with the surname Dicken) was also severely disabled. He uses his mother's maiden name , who took the name Dicken for herself and her son after her marriage. Nowadays, Bernard only uses the name Sumner.
Sumner was guitarist and keyboard player for the band Joy Division until 1980 . After the suicide of the singer Ian Curtis in May 1980, Sumner founded the formation New Order together with the remaining band members Peter Hook , Stephen Morris and Morris' wife Gillian Gilbert . Despite the vocal contributions of the New Order band members Peter Hook and Stephen Morris, he developed into the band's permanent singer and lyricist. In 1989, Sumner founded the side project Electronic with former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr . To the recordings of these post-punk supergroup of goods Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant and initially also the former power plant musician Karl Bartos involved.
In 2008, Sumner founded the Bad Lieutenant music project with Phil Cunningham and Jake Evans , in which he acted as lead singer, guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter.
Since his school days he has been called Barney by friends, his bandmates (and now also by fans ) , a nickname that he does not like and is attributed to an alleged resemblance to Barney Rubble .
Discography
Singles in which Bernard Sumner participated as a guitarist or singer
- 1991: Spanish Heart - 808 State
- 1997: This Time I'm Not Wrong - Sub Sub feat. Bernard Sumner
- 1999: Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers
- 2000: Shoot Speed Kill Light - Primal Scream
- 2008: Miracle Cure - Blank & Jones feat. Bernard Sumner
- 2013: She Wants - Westbam feat. Bernard Sumner
literature
- Bernard Sumner: New Order, Joy Division and I - The Autobiography . Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2015, ISBN 978-3-85445-471-7 (Original edition: Chapter And Verse: New Order, Joy Division And Me ).
- Mick Middles: From Joy Division to New Order: The True Story of Anthony H. Wilson and Factory Records . Virgin Books, 2002, ISBN 0-7535-0638-6 (English).
- David Nolan: Bernard Sumner: Confusion - Joy Division, Electronic and New Order Versus the World . Independent Music Press, 2007, ISBN 0-9552822-6-8 (English).
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ In the course of his career, Sumner performed under different names: Bernard Dicken , Bernard Albrecht , Bernard Albrecht-Dicken and Bernard Sumner . The name Albrecht is the brand name of a copier that he often worked with during a job at Cosgrove Hall Animation .
- ^ Adam Sweeting: Bernard Sumner, the frontman who held back. www.telegraph.co.uk, August 7, 2007, accessed March 30, 2017 .
- ^ Nolan, David: Bernard Sumner: Confusion - Joy Division, Electronic and New Order Versus the World. 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552822-6-3
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| SURNAME | Sumner, Bernard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albrecht, Bernard; Dicken, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British guitarist, singer and keyboard player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salford near Manchester , England |