Howard Devoto
Howard Devoto | |
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Devoto performing with Magazine in 2011. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Howard Andrew Trafford |
| Also known as | Howard Devoto |
| Born | 15 March 1952 |
| Origin | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Years active | 1976–2012, 2024 |
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Howard Devoto (born Howard Andrew Trafford, 15 March 1952) is an English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, an early post-punk band. After Magazine, he went solo and later formed indie band Luxuria.
His singing has been characterized as a "speak-sing voice that veered between amused croon and panicked yelp".