Editing Bernard Sumner (section)

{{Short description|English musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = New Order - Fête de l'Humanité 2012 - 013.jpg
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| caption           = Sumner performing with [[New Order (band)|New Order]] in September 2012
| birth_name        = 
| alias             = {{hlist|Bernard Albrecht|Bernard Dicken|Barney}}
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1956|01|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Manchester]], England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[post-punk]]|[[new wave music|new&nbsp;wave]]|[[synth-pop]]
|[[electronica]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician|record producer}}<!--Please do not add to this list without first discussing your proposal on the talk page. -->
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards|synthesiser|melodica}}<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed or removed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
| years_active      = 1973–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Factory Records|Factory]]|[[London Records|London]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Parlophone]]|[[Mute Records|Mute]]|Triple Echo}}
| current_member_of = [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| past_member_of    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joy Division]] <!-- 1977-1980 -->
* [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]] <!-- 1988-2001 -->
* [[Bad Lieutenant (band)|Bad Lieutenant]] <!-- 2008-2011 -->
}}
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'''Bernard Sumner''' (born 4 January 1956) is an English musician. He is a founding member of the bands [[Joy Division]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]], and [[Bad Lieutenant (band)|Bad Lieutenant]]. Sumner was an early force in several areas, including the [[post-punk]], [[synth-pop]], and [[techno music|techno]] music scenes, as well as their various related genres, and was an early influence on the [[Manchester]] music scene that presaged the [[Madchester]] movement of the late 1980s centred on [[Factory Records]] and [[The Haçienda]] club in Manchester. He and drummer [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] are the only two continuous members of New Order, who have also appeared on all the band's albums. 

He began his career playing guitar and keyboards for Joy Division. Following lead singer [[Ian Curtis]]'s death, the remaining members of Joy Division formed New Order with Sumner taking on lead vocal duties. His complex electronic compositions became less guitar-driven and more focused on electronic keyboards, [[synthesizer]]s, and [[Programming (music)|programming]] throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He formed Electronic with [[Johnny Marr]] in the late 1980s as a creative outlet outside of New Order, which continued after New Order went on hiatus in 1993.  New Order became active again from 1998 through 2006, after which he returned to a more traditional rock context with the band Bad Lieutenant. He continues to record and perform with the latest iteration of New Order, which reformed in 2011.