Richard Butler (singer)

Richard Butler
Butler singing into a microphone onstage
Butler performing live in 2006
Background information
Birth nameRichard Lofthouse Butler
Born (1956-06-05) 5 June 1956 (age 68)
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1977–present
LabelsKoch
Member ofThe Psychedelic Furs
Formerly ofLove Spit Love

Richard Lofthouse Butler (born 5 June 1956) is an English singer and songwriter. Butler came to prominence in the early 1980s as lead vocalist of the rock band the Psychedelic Furs and went on to found the alternative rock band Love Spit Love in the early 1990s, during a hiatus of the Psychedelic Furs. Butler began his solo career in 2006, while still being a member of the Psychedelic Furs, releasing the self-titled studio album Richard Butler.