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Richard Butler
Richard Butler in 2006.
Background information
Birth name	Richard Lofthouse Butler
Born	June 5, 1956 (1956-06-05) (age 53) Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Genre(s)	Post-punk, New Wave, Alternative rock, Dance rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Associated acts	The Psychedelic Furs Love Spit Love

Richard Lofthouse Butler (born 5 June 1956, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England) is the lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the founder and vocalist for the disbanded Love Spit Love.

1 Musical career
2 Personal life
3 References
4 External links

Musical career

Butler formed the Psychedelic Furs in 1977 with his brother Tim Butler and guitarist John Ashton. ^[1]

The band quickly ascended to the heights of all six members' rock careers. Its self-titled 1980 debut on Columbia Records and the 1981 "Talk Talk Talk" showed off 20 songs.

In the 1990s, he became the founder and vocalist of Love Spit Love, but by 2000 he said Love Spit Love had "gone into remission." His work with Love Spit Love can be most notably heard on the hit syndicated television show Charmed. A truncated version of LSL's cover version of The Smiths' hit song "How Soon Is Now?" - recorded for The Craft soundtrack - plays during the Charmed opening credits. He also sang backing vocals, on "I Am Anastasia" by the American band, Sponge. Love Spits "Am I Wrong" was the theme over the opening credits of George C. Scotts last film 'Angus'.

In 2001, The Psychedelic Furs reformed after a nine year hiatus, and have toured worldwide since then.

In early 2006, Butler released the critically acclaimed solo album entitled Richard Butler, a collection of songs dedicated to his late father, Dr. George Butler, and also Jon Carin's father, Dr. Arthur A. Carin (Jon Carin was Richard Butler's collaborator on the release, co-authoring and arranging much of the music). Initially trained as a painter, Butler has received acclaim for his paintings and has had gallery exhibitions in New York City, Miami, Florida and Florence, Italy. One of his works, "Girl With a Map," is the CD's cover art. ^[2]

Personal life

Richard Butler has a daughter, Maggie Mozart Butler (b. September 1997).

References

^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock: the definitive guide to more than 1200 artists and bands. Rough Guides. ISBN 1858284570, 9781858284576.
^ Gerstenzang, Peter (2006-02-06). ""New Days for Psych Furs' Butler"". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9231367/new_days_for_psych_furs_butler. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.

External links

Richard Butler's Official Myspace

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Richard Butler

Biography

Contents

Musical career

Personal life

References

External links

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