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5 unusual facts about Howard Devoto


Howard Devoto

In February 2009 Magazine reformed, with former Luxuria partner Noko replacing John McGeoch on guitar.

In his brief cameo appearance, Devoto appears as a janitor cleaning a men's toilet while actor Martin Hancock portrays Devoto having a tryst with the wife of promoter/journalist Tony Wilson.

One of his next projects was a 1988 collaboration with Liverpool multi-instrumentalist Noko.

In 1997, Devoto wrote the lyrics to the Mansun track, "Everyone Must Win", which appeared on the Closed for Business EP.

Sister Ray

British power-punk band Buzzcocks formed as a result of a classified ad placed by founding member Howard Devoto seeking musicians to collaborate on a version of "Sister Ray".



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