Dunstan Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is a British musician and filmmaker who is best known for his work with Leeds-based anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba, of which he was a founding member. He grew up in the northern industrial town of Billingham, County Durham.
Career
Musician
Prior to Chumbawamba, Bruce sang for the Billingham-based band Men in a Suitcase. At the beginning of 1982, Bruce joined Chumbawamba and was the lead singer of the band's biggest hit single, "Tubthumping". Bruce left Chumbawamba at the end of 2004 along with Alice Nutter, Harry Hamer and Danbert Nobacon when the band transformed into an acoustic/folk outfit who eventually split up in 2012.
Bruce is the lead singer of Interrobang?!, an agitprop post-punk band he formed in 2012 with ex-Chumbawamba drummer Harry Hamer and ex-Regular Fries guitarist Stephen Griffin. They released a critically acclaimed eponymous album in 2018.[1]
Bruce performed a spoken word piece accompanied by music as the Existential Angst of Dunstan Bruce.[2]
Filmmaker
Bruce has a film production company.[3] He collaborated on Channel 4's Whatever: A Teenage Musical,[4] and worked on several documentary films: Well Done. Now Sod Off. (2000) during his time in Chumbawamba,[5]I Get Knocked Down (2021) about his experience in Chumbawamba,[5]A Curious Life about the folk rock band Levellers (band),[6] and This Band Is So Gorgeous!: Sham 69 in China about the punk band Sham 69. It was nominated for "Best Music Documentary" at the 2012 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[7]
