Rowland Stuart Howard (24 October 1959 – 30 December 2009) was an influential rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, based in Melbourne, Australia, best known as a member of the Antipodean discophile art-rock groups: Young Charlatans, The Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party (both featuring the singer Nick Cave), and Crime and The City Solution and These Immortal Souls; his macabre lyrics and imposing roots-based guitar playing; and his song Shivers, wrote early in his career, for which he received peer group kudos.

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