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With his daughter as his muse, he produces expressionistic portraits of pensive female subjects, who serve as ciphers for himself.
Psychedelic Furs lead singer Richard Butler was enthralled by New York City and moved there from England in 1983 after the band's third album, Forever Now.He indulged in his celebrity, and in what the city had to offer, but after the band called it quits in 1991, he got married and took a crack at laid-back life in the suburbs. While the strident “Wrong Train” showcases one of the drollest lines found on this album in “A wife that hates me… so does her boyfriend”, it lacks the emotional heft of its successor “This’ll Never Be the End of Love”. His father George Butler was a research chemist, a communist and an atheist.
all of a sudden, the truth was just dropped in my face. He died on April 23, 2003 in Surrey, England. He currently resides in Beacon, New York. “I don’t know how we would have gotten through it if I hadn’t been home,” he says. In the 1970s the elder Butler was slated to become a scientific ambassador to the Soviet Union, but a friend convinced him this would not be a good place for his family. It was so much fun for me.”. Support Us "He said, 'I've got this great keyboard player who comes up with great ideas -- very atmospheric.' Engaging with our readers is essential to Phoenix New Times's mission. To find out more, visit our cookies policy and our privacy policy. The song becomes a meditation on a dying parent, a theme with extra resonance: Both Butler and Carin lost their fathers during the making of the album. The Psychedelic Furs prove they haven’t mellowed with time on their first album in 29 years, while Daniel Blumberg’s deeply personal record makes for an uncomfortably suffocating listen at times. Fortus and Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler also were in 1990s alt-rock band Love Spit Love.
“In a way, it was a real blessing.”. "After years of suspecting that . It's really lust, isn't it?" He is also the founder and vocalist for the disbanded Love Spit Love. It was also Fortus’ first time performing with Guns N’ Roses in St. Louis. “I love how Richard does that — how he brings all these different influences and filters it through, and it comes out as something very unique.”, Fortus’ daughters, Paisley, 14, and Clover, 12, lent vocals to “Hide the Medicine” and “Don’t Believe.” “They both have amazing voices,” he says. But he’s so smart and has a very introspective nature.”. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile.