Justin Sullivan

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Justin Sullivan
Justin Sullivan on stage in Brooklyn on 1 February 2006
Background information
Also known as	Slade the Leveller
Born	(1956-04-08) 8 April 1956 (age 65) Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
Origin	Bradford, England
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Singing, guitar
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Abstract, EMI, Epic, Eagle, Attack Attack
Associated acts	New Model Army, Red Sky Coven, Justin Sullivan & Friends

Justin Edward Sullivan (born 8 April 1956, Jordans, Buckinghamshire) is an English singer and songwriter. He is also the frontman and lyricist of the British rock band New Model Army,^[1] 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",^[2] referring to the Levellers. His parents are Quaker.^[3][4]

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 together with Dave Blomberg in 1995 and together with Dean White and Michael Dean under the name Justin Sullivan & Friends in 2004. He is an active member of Red Sky Coven, which he co-formed, with Rev Hammer, Joolz Denby and Brett Selby. He collaborated with Denby and Heaton on the album , which put music to Denby's poetry, and then recorded "Weird Sister" and "Spirit Stories", also putting music to Denby's poetry.^{[citation needed]}

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 remixed 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.^{[citation needed]}

Albums[]

Solo[]

• (2003)
• (2021)

New Model Army[]

Studio albums

• Vengeance (1984)
• No Rest for the Wicked (1985)
• The Ghost of Cain (1986)
• Thunder & Consolation (1989)
• Impurity (1990)
• The Love of Hopeless Causes (1993)
• Strange Brotherhood (1998)
• Eight (2000)
• Carnival (2005)
• High (2007)
• Today Is a Good Day (2009)
• Between Dog and Wolf (2013)
• Between Wine and Blood (2014)
• Winter (2016)
• From Here (2019)

Live albums

• Raw Melody Men (1991)
• BBC Radio One Live in Concert (1993)
• ...& Nobody Else (1999)
• Fuck Texas, Sing for Us (2008)

Compilations

• Radio Sessions '83-'84 (1985)
• B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks (1994)
• Small Town England (1997)
• History - The Singles 85-91 (1992)
• All of This – The "Live" Rarities (1999)
• New Model Army 3 x CD (2000)
• (2001)
• Lost Songs (2002)
• Great Expectations – The Singles Collection (2003)
• (2004)
• The Collection (2004)
• (2010)

Red Sky Coven[]

• Volumes 1 & 2 (1998)
• Volume 3 (2001)
• Volume 5 (2009)

Other album releases[]

• (1987), with Joolz Denby and Robert Heaton under the moniker of Joolz
• (1995), with Dave Blomberg
• (2004), with Dean White and Michael Dean under the moniker of Justin Sullivan & Friends

Other work[]

• Ultra (1994), by the German folk rock band The Inchtabokatables, has Sullivan accredited as the album's producer
• The Living Infinite (2013), by Swedish band Soilwork, guest appearance on "The Windswept Mercy"

References[]

External links[]

• New Model Army official website