Justin Sullivan
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Justin Sullivan is an English singer and songwriter. He is also the frontman and lyricist of the British rock
band New Model Army
, which he formed in 1980 together with drummer Robert Heaton
and bassist Stuart Morrow in their hometown of Bradford
, Yorkshire
. In the early 1980s he performed under the stage name of 'Slade the Leveller'. He was born to Quaker parents.
Apart from his regular New Model Army albums, he has released two live albums with New Model Army material together with various members of the band capturing their off-duty tours, namely Big Guitars in Little Europe together with Dave Blomberg in 1995 and Tales Of The Road together with Dean White and Michael Dean under the moniker of Justin Sullivan & Friends in 2004.
Sullivan is also an active member of Red Sky Coven, which he formed together with Brett Selby, Rev Hammer and Joolz Denby
. With the latter he collaborated together with Robert Heaton on the album Hex putting music to Denby's lyrics
.
In 2003 Sullivan debuted as a solo artist with the album Navigating By The Stars. His songs "Tales of the Road", "White Lights", "Lullaby", "Navigating by The Stars" have been remix
ed by Christoph H. Mueller (Gotan Project
) and added to the pre-release soundtrack
of Exilée, a thriller by Nemo Sandman
(with Denby), director of Wonderful Way to Go and other videos and stills for NMA.
In 2007, Sullivan sang on "Who Has Questions For The Dead?" on the This Is Menace
album The Scene Is Dead
.
Live albums
Compilations
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band New Model Army
New Model Army (band)
New Model Army are an English rock band, who were formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1980. They have been variously classified by Allmusic as post-punk and alternative rock.-Overview:...
, which he formed in 1980 together with drummer Robert Heaton
Robert Heaton
Robert Charles Heaton was the drummer in the English rock band New Model Army. With Justin Sullivan, Heaton was the core of the Bradford based band, originally alongside Stuart Morrow on bass and then later with Jason 'Moose' Harris. He wrote many of NMA's best known compositions, which are still...
and bassist Stuart Morrow in their hometown of Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. In the early 1980s he performed under the stage name of 'Slade the Leveller'. He was born to Quaker parents.
Apart from his regular New Model Army albums, he has released two live albums with New Model Army material together with various members of the band capturing their off-duty tours, namely Big Guitars in Little Europe together with Dave Blomberg in 1995 and Tales Of The Road together with Dean White and Michael Dean under the moniker of Justin Sullivan & Friends in 2004.
Sullivan is also an active member of Red Sky Coven, which he formed together with Brett Selby, Rev Hammer and Joolz Denby
Joolz Denby
Joolz Denby is a poet, novelist and artist based in Bradford, UK.-Biography:...
. With the latter he collaborated together with Robert Heaton on the album Hex putting music to Denby's lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
.
In 2003 Sullivan debuted as a solo artist with the album Navigating By The Stars. His songs "Tales of the Road", "White Lights", "Lullaby", "Navigating by The Stars" have been remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed by Christoph H. Mueller (Gotan Project
Gotan Project
Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal , Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Müller .-History:...
) and added to the pre-release soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of Exilée, a thriller by Nemo Sandman
Nemo Sandman
Nemo Sandman is a French composer, film director and illustrator.He is best known for his controversial musical videos on MTV for New Model Army, Lustral, Ten Mother Tongues, M.I.E.L, Gabriela Arnon, End of Orgy, Rise and Fall of a Decade and his arty commercials for VirginFrance.Nemo Sandman also...
(with Denby), director of Wonderful Way to Go and other videos and stills for NMA.
In 2007, Sullivan sang on "Who Has Questions For The Dead?" on the This Is Menace
This Is Menace
This Is Menace was a British metalcore supergroup formed in 2004.-History:The band was formed by bassist Mark Clayden and drummer Jason Bowld during the hiatus of their previous band, Pitchshifter. The group released their limited EP, Collusion in 2005...
album The Scene Is Dead
The Scene Is Dead
-This Is Menace:*Jason Bowld - drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar*Mark Clayden - bass*Paul Fletcher - guitar*Gez Walton - guitar-Production:* Nigel Crane - photography* Dose-Productions - artwork* Rick Parkhouse - Producer...
.
New Model Army
Studio albums- Vengeance (1984)
- No Rest For The WickedNo Rest for the Wicked (New Model Army album)No Rest For The Wicked is the second album release of British rock band New Model Army. According to the sleeve it is in fact a compilation, but it is generally regarded as a studio album and is therefore counted as the band's second studio album, Vengeance being their first. It also marks the...
(1985) - The Ghost of CainThe Ghost of CainThe Ghost of Cain is the third studio album of British rock band New Model Army. Released in 1986, The Ghost of Cain propelled the band to the forefront of the alternative rock scene in the 1980s...
(1986) - Thunder & ConsolationThunder & ConsolationThunder and Consolation was released in 1989 and is the fourth studio album of British rock band New Model Army. The album stands as a landmark in the New Model Army-catalogue, being their most successful album to date and reaching #20 in the UK albums chart...
(1989) - Impurity (1990)
- The Love of Hopeless CausesThe Love of Hopeless CausesThe Love of Hopeless Causes was released in 1993 and is the sixth studio album by British rock band, New Model Army. It was produced by Niko Bolas, except "Afternoon Song", which was produced by Riku Mattila...
(1993) - Strange BrotherhoodStrange BrotherhoodStrange Brotherhood was released in 1998 and is the seventh studio album by British rock band, New Model Army and the first on their own independent label, Attack Attack Records....
(1998) - Eight (2000)
- CarnivalCarnival (New Model Army album)Carnival was released in 2005 and is the ninth studio album by British rock band, New Model Army. The album was co-produced by Chris Tsangarides and New Model Army.-Singles and EPs:...
(2005) - HighHigh (New Model Army album)High is the tenth studio album of British rock band New Model Army, released on 20 August 2007 in the UK, 24 August in Germany, and 4 September in North America.-Track listing:...
(2007) - Today Is a Good DayToday Is a Good DayToday Is A Good Day is the eleventh studio album of British rock band New Model Army, released on 14 September 2009 in the UK and 15 September 2009 in the US.-Track listing:...
(2009)
Live albums
- Raw Melody MenRaw Melody MenRaw Melody Men was released in 1991 and is the first official live album release by British rock band New Model Army.The album was recorded during the 1990 Impurity tour at the Brixton Academy, The Town & Country Club in London, the Berlin Eissporthalle and the Hamburg Sportshalle...
(1991) - BBC Radio One Live In ConcertBBC Radio One Live in Concert (New Model Army album)BBC Radio One Live in Concert was released in 1994 and is a live album released by British rock band New Model Army from the Live In Concert show broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and recorded live a the Berlin Eissporthalle on 5 November 1990.-Track listing:...
(1993) - All of This - The "Live" Rarities (1999)
- ... & Nobody Else (1999)
- Fuck Texas, Sing for UsFuck Texas, Sing for UsFuck Texas, Sing for Us is a live album released by British rock band New Model Army on 17 November 2008.The tracks on this album were recorded at a variety of venues during the High tour of 2007/2008...
(2008)
Compilations
- Radio Sessions '83-'84Radio Sessions '83-'84Radio Sessions '83-'84 is a compilation album by British rock band, New Model Army.The tracks on the album are from the band's sessions for BBC Radio. The tracks "Great Expectations", "I Wish", "Notice Me" and "Liberal Education" were first broadcast on the David Jenson show on 17 July 1983...
(1985) - B-Sides and Abandoned TracksB-Sides and Abandoned TracksB-Sides and Abandoned Tracks was released in 1994 and is a compilation album of British rock band New Model Army of tracks which were previously only available on other singles and EPs.-Track listing:...
(1994) - Small Town EnglandSmall Town EnglandSmall Town England is a box set collection of the New Model Army studio album Vengeance and the compilation album Radio Sessions '83-'84 . It was released in July 1997 on Abstract Records....
(1997) - History - The Singles 85-91History - The Singles 85-91History - The Singles 85-91 is a compilation album by the British rock group, New Model Army, released by EMI in 1992.The band later described the release as "a 'cashing in on the catalogue' exercise by EMI", and referred to the playlist as "an unremarkable collection of singles made 'desirable' by...
(1992) - New Model Army 3 x CDNew Model Army 3 x CDNew Model Army 3 x CD is a box set collection of the New Model Army studio albums The Ghost Of Cain and Thunder & Consolation and the live-album Raw Melody Men . It was released in September 2000 on EMI....
(2000) - The Best (2001)
- Lost SongsLost Songs (New Model Army album)Lost Songs was released in 2002 and is a compilation album of British rock band New Model Army of bonus, rare and previously unreleased tracks compiled by Justin Sullivan and Michael Dean...
(2002) - Great Expectations – The Singles CollectionGreat Expectations – The Singles CollectionGreat Expectations - The Singles Collection was released in 2003 and is a compilation album of British rock band New Model Army's singles. The album was released only in the United States.-Track listing:...
(2003) - Original 20 (2004)
- The CollectionThe Collection (New Model Army album)The Collection was released in 2004 and is a compilation album of British rock band New Model Army songs.-Track listing:#"Stupid Questions" – 3:27#"225" – 4:47...
(2004) - Anthology (2010)
Other album releases
- Hex (1987, with Joolz DenbyJoolz DenbyJoolz Denby is a poet, novelist and artist based in Bradford, UK.-Biography:...
and Robert HeatonRobert HeatonRobert Charles Heaton was the drummer in the English rock band New Model Army. With Justin Sullivan, Heaton was the core of the Bradford based band, originally alongside Stuart Morrow on bass and then later with Jason 'Moose' Harris. He wrote many of NMA's best known compositions, which are still...
under the moniker of Joolz) - Big Guitars in Little Europe (1995, with Dave Blomberg).
- Navigating By The Stars (2003, solo)
- Tales Of The Road (2004, with Dean White and Michael Dean under the moniker of Justin Sullivan & Friends)