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- It Only Looks as If It Hurts
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1952-03-15
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Howard Devoto (born Howard Trafford on 15 March 1952 in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire) is an influential singer/songwriter who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks.Leaving after only one EP, he formed the more genre-defying Magazine in 1977. After Magazine split in 1981 he spent two years putting together a solo album with former Magazine keyboard player Dave Formula. While most critics believed the thin production and underworked ideas of Jerky Versions of the Dream ref
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- human
- Given name
- Andrew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Scunthorpe
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
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- Howard devoto.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-03-15
- Commons category
- Howard Devoto
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- pseudonym
- Howard Devoto
- birth name
- Howard Andrew Trafford
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Article · Español
Howard Trafford (nacido el 15 de marzo de 1952, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Inglaterra), conocido en el mundo de la música como Howard Devoto, es un músico británico que destacó en la escena musical británica durante los días del punk, con Buzzcocks, y post-punk, con Magazine. Posteriormente, hizo una corta carrera solista, y de ahí formó una banda indie llamada Luxuria. Destacado más como vocalista de Magazine, Devoto reformó esta banda en 2008, después de años de retiro, con el que actualmente está haciendo giras.
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