What is Howard Devoto?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Howard Devoto |background = solo_singer |image = Howard devoto.jpg |birth_name = Howard Andrew Trafford |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|15|df=y}} |origin = [[Bolton]], [[Manchester]], England |years_active = 1976–present |instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[guitar]]s |genre = [[Punk rock]], [[post-punk]], [[synthpop]], [[New wave music|new wave]], [[Electronic music|electronic]] |associated_acts = [[Buzzcocks]], [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]], [[Luxuria (band)|Luxuria]], [[ShelleyDevoto]], [[Mansun]] |alias = Howard Devoto |label = [[New Hormones]], [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.]], [[EMI]] |website = }} '''Howard Devoto''' (born '''Howard Andrew Trafford''', 15 March 1952) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer for the [[punk rock]] band [[Buzzcocks]]. He left and formed [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]], one of the first [[post-punk]] bands. After Magazine, he went solo and later formed [[Independent music|indie]] band [[Luxuria (band)|Luxuria]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Devoto, Howard}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Musicians from Manchester]] [[Category:People from Bolton]] [[Category:New wave singers]] {{bio-stub}}