Bernard Butler
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Biography
Bernard Butler is an English musician and record producer. He is best known as the original guitarist for Suede, until his departure in 1994. Since then, he has released two solo albums, two albums with singer David McAlmont and in 2004 regrouped with Brett Anderson to form the Tears. Currently, he is part of the band Trans. His work as producer for (among others) the Libertines, the Veils and Duffy has won him much acclaim.
Born: May 1, 1970
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Seven Ages of Rock
A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who have shaped this most enduring of genres.
Suede - Lost in TV
Lost In TV is a complete collection of Suede's music videos, arranged in chronological order. It reveals a band that has fallen repeatedly in and out of love with the video medium over the course of four albums. It begins with a low-budget performance clip for their first single, "The Drowners", in which all Suede's members are clearly, and rather endearingly, putting on poses they've been rehearsing and imagining for years. And it ends with "Can't Get Enough", which they couldn't rouse themselves to turn up for, instead allowing the song to soundtrack a short, though undeniably amusing, film about revenge. In between the quality varies with Suede's enthusiasm. Some of the videos here are every bit as awful as the band think, especially the altogether bewildering "Stay Together". Others they should give themselves more credit for "The Wild Ones", for example, retains a haunting quality that was worth any amount of plodding around a freezing Dartmoor.
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
Looking at identity, power, happiness, self-destruction and acceptance, this is a thematic exploration of a group that opened the door for Britpop and led the way for a new era of guitar music.
The Sparks Brothers
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
Acoustic at the BBC
A journey through some of the finest moments of acoustic guitar performances from the BBC archives, from Jimmy Page's television debut in 1958 to Noel Gallagher and Biffy Clyro.
Klappe
Shamelessly, Jürgen Brüning samples and remixes clips and scraps of material from his own work as a director and producer (among others for Bruce LaBruce & Shu Lea Cheang) with borrowed pop cultural references from around the world for this video essay on gay identity. His reflections are connected by songs that address miscellaneous news and social issues with egalitarian verve, sung by hot guys in a public toilet. A film full of meandering associations and unexplained references, it's at the same time a political musical and the taking stock of a romantic revolutionary. Anti-religious, anti-authoritarian and somehow also a bit anti-everything!
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
In August 1995 Blur and Oasis were engaged in a head-to-head chart battle which divided music fans and led to a wider argument about British pop music. John Harris, journalist and author of The Last Party - the definitive study of the entwinement of music and politics in the 1990s - presents a documentary charting the rise of Britpop, its brief romance with New Labour and the emergence of 'new lad' culture. Finally, as Britpop declines, he asks what legacy it has left. Including contributions from Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Sleeper's Louise Wener, former New Labour insider Darren Kalynuk, and the founder of Creation records, Alan McGee.
Suede: Love & Poison
Love and Poison is a live concert video of Suede's show at the Brixton Academy venue on 16 May 1993, notable for performances of songs from their debut album Suede and early B-sides.
Suede - City Square, Milan 1993
Suede's live performance from Milan's City Square in Italy.
Suede - Introducing The Band
This DVD features over 2 hours of concert footage and tour films. "Introducing The Band" was filmed at Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Bradford, Glasgow, Middlesbrough and Paris. "Cards, Pliers and Videotape" is a short film about touring.
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