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Bernard Butler

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Bernard Butler: Gentleman And Player

Interview by Max Bell, Vox, July 1994

When his father died last year, Bernard Butler used his guitar to assuage his grief. Now Britain's most important guitar hero since Johnny Marr has ...

Bernard Butler Moves On

Report and Interview by Dave Thompson, Alternative Press, 1997

HE'S A DIFFICULT bugger, everyone says so. David McAlmont said so, as he walked away from a potentially chart-topping partnership, complaining the guitarist was ...

Bernard Butler: Upstairs At The Garage, London

Live Review by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 24 January 1998

BERNARD'S GOT a reputation. Grumpy, petulant sod, chip on his shoulder big enough to end a potato famine. But, in the Suede heyday, he used ...

Bernard Butler: Upstairs at the Garage, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 11 March 1998

Young pretender goes it alone ...

Bernard Butler: People Move On (Creation)****

Review by Ben Myers, Melody Maker, 4 April 1998

YOU KNOW the story. March 25,1992 and there in block capitals, the stuff legends are made of: "Suede – The Best New Band In Britain". ...

Bernard Butler: People Move On

Review by Kit Aiken, Uncut, May 1998

Ex-Suede/McAlmont & Butler guitarist's solo debut ...

Bernard Butler: People Move On (Creation/Columbia)

Review by Mac Randall, Rolling Stone, 9 July 1998

SULKY GUITARIST Bernard Butler was a major creative force behind leading Brit-poppers Suede, but when he quit in 1994, nobody expected the guy to start ...

Bernard Butler: He Won't be Suede

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 10 September 1999

Since leaving Suede in 1994, Bernard Butler has taken the battering of his life just for being "different and eccentric". But the strong and silent ...

Utterly Butlery: Bernard Butler: Zodiac, Oxford

Live Review by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 18 September 1999

IT'S BODY LANGUAGE that gives the game away as much as anything. The way he wears his fringe over his eyes, like he's saying "You ...

Bernard Butler

Interview by Kit Aiken, Uncut, December 1999

BERNARD Butler’s had a bad back. According to his osteopath, he has songs hidden in his shoulders, "He’s really lovely, a natural healer. Guitar posture, ...

Tunnel Visionary — Bernard Butler: Friends & Lovers (Creation CRECD236)

Review by Stuart Maconie, Q, December 1999

He's found his niche and he's sticking to it. ...

see also McAlmont & Butler

see also Suede

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