Bernard Butler Archives

Suede with Siouxsie Sioux – “Caroline Says II”

Published August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Or perhaps the title should read, Siouxsie & The Banshees with Bernard Butler, as mathematically, this performance is much more this than that. The date was July 12, 1993, the location London’s Clapham Grand, and the occasion an AIDS benefit concert by Suede. Midway through the set, Brett Anderson excused himself and brought out Siouxsie […]

Bernard Butler Teaches You How To Play “Animal Nitrate”

Published February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

So I’ve been somewhat obsessed with Bernard Butler’s guitar tone since the first Suede record, and thanks to some guitar magazine interview circa then I’ve been convinced since, like, 1994 that his lead tone was the product of some esoteric and expensive ’60s Japanese fuzz pedal and spent no small amount of time over the […]