Rowland S. Howard

Rowland S. Howard is one of those guitarists I return to whenever music feels too polished. Out of Melbourne, his jagged, haunted tone with The Birthday Party defined a whole strain of post-punk darkness, and his solo work proved he was never just a sideman. I value him precisely because he chased atmosphere over commercial reward, bending sound into something beautiful and uneasy. His death in 2009 at fifty felt like a real loss to me, not for fame he never sought, but for the singular voice that went quiet. He's a craftsman I treasure for refusing to play it safe.

Name (English)

Rowland S. Howard

Name (Japanese)

ローランド・ハワード

Reading

ろーらんど・はわーど

Born

October 24, 1959 – December 30, 2009

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Occupation

guitarist / record producer / songwriter / composer / musician

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland%20S.%20Howard
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362555

Tags

• Victoria
• guitarist
• record producer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.