ShelleyDevoto is a musical collaboration between singer Howard Devoto

Howard Devoto

Howard Devoto is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands...

 and singer/guitarist Pete Shelley

Pete Shelley

Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...

. Both were founding members of the Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...

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

The album Buzzkunst

Buzzkunst

Buzzkunst is an album by former Buzzcocks members Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto under the name ShelleyDevoto.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto# "Can You See Me Shining?"# "Strain of Bacteria"# "Deeper"...

was released in 2001 on Cooking Vinyl

Cooking Vinyl

Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986. Its original orientation was toward contemporary folk music—notably Billy Bragg, and Michelle Shocked's Texas Campfire Tapes, recorded on a Sony Walkman, one of its first releases...

, 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 Magazine

Magazine (band)

Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, "Shot by Both Sides", is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time...

 and Luxuria

Luxuria

Luxuria was a British pop music band made up of vocalist Howard Devoto and instrumentalist Norman Fisher-Jones, aka "Noko." The band was active in the 1980s and early 1990s....

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

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

. 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'.