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Bernard Sumner
British musician
Also known as: Bernard Albrecht
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association with Marr
- In the Smiths
Marr teamed with Bernard Sumner of New Order in the supergroup Electronic. Although Marr and Sumner had initially conceived their partnership to be temporary, the success of the 1989 single “Getting Away with It” inspired the pair to record three well-received dance albums. More than a decade after…
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Joy Division and New Order
- In Joy Division/New Order
…1980, Macclesfield), Bernard Albrecht (later Bernard Sumner; b. January 4, 1956, Salford, Manchester), Peter Hook (b. February 13, 1956, Manchester), Stephen Morris (b. October 28, 1957, Macclesfield), and Gillian Gilbert (b. January 27, 1961, Manchester).
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