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Stamford Hill, North London (1994 – present)

Bernard Butler (born on 1 May 1970, in Stamford Hill, North London), is a musician and record producer. 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 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.

Butler formed the duo McAlmont & Butler with David McAlmont. They released two singles, Yes and You Do. A compilation album, The Sound Of McAlmont And Butler, was released after the split. Butler went on to release two albums under his own name, People Move On and Friends and Lovers, before a second McAlmont & Butler album, Bring It Back, and two singles, Falling and Bring It Back.

Since then Butler formed a new band, The Tears with former Suede cohort, Brett Anderson. They 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 charts, and Lovers.

In between his own projects he has played on and produced records by Sparks, Edwyn Collins, Aimee Mann, Neneh Cherry, Tim Booth (of James), Manic Street Preachers, Eddi Reader, Hopper, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch and The Libertines. 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 and Manic Street Preachers.
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  • Virrianto

    I prefer to Bernard Butler than Richard Oakes in Suede... *BernardButlerLovers*

    last week

  • bashiechan

    Hey guys, I'm selling the two Bernard Bulter solo albums (excellent/mint condition!) on eBay for dirt cheap, bids starting at (and unlikely to veer far from) a mere 99p: People Move On CD Album http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251016758601?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 - Friends And Lovers CD Album http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251016762706?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 - check 'em out!

    March 2012

  • TheVerve84

    My personal favourite guitar player ever, so versatile.

    October 2011

  • jrbgeog

    Tremendous guitarist and songwriter.

    August 2011

  • lastflower

    Haters gonna hate. People Move On > Brett Anderson's s/t > Wilderness. But Slow Attack >>>>>>> People Move On though.

    February 2011

  • vitor_lol

    Woman i dont care if my feet are in the air if there's one thing i will share YOU JUST KNOW

    November 2010

  • alex-r-white

    "When You Grow" is head and shoulders his best track. Don't know why it's so low in the rankings. Must be a bug in the software somehow..

    September 2010

  • Wigelsen

    "Autograph" is an amazing song, one of those, that I can listen to again and again, and not get tired of it. That's what the combination of great music and really good lyrics does to a song :)

    August 2010
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