ShelleyDevoto was a musical collaboration between singer

Howard Devoto Howard Devoto (born Howard Andrew Trafford, 15 March 1952) is a retired English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands. After M ...

and singer/guitarist

Pete Shelley Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 whe ...

. Both were founding members of the

Buzzcocks Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independen ...

in the mid-1970s, and ShelleyDevoto was their first collaboration in over two decades. The album ''

Buzzkunst ''Buzzkunst'' is the sole album by UK group ShelleyDevoto. The studio album reunited Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto, founding members of the punk group Buzzcocks and was their first collaboration since the 1970s. Track listing All music writt ...

'' was released in 2001 on

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, along with one single/video, "Til the Stars in His Eyes Are Dead". The vocals and lyrics, primarily by Devoto, remain reminiscent of his post-Buzzcocks bands

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and Luxuria. The music, however, is something of a departure for both men, blending Shelley's trademark rough-yet-melodic guitar with

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. The album was recorded, journalist Paul Lester told readers of the London Guardian, 'in the duo's homes in London using basic technology.' Reviews were mixed but mostly positive, with a 70% ranking on MetaCritic. Some sources incorrectly refer to the band by the name of the album ''Buzzkunst'' - due to the similarity to 'Buzzcocks'.

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