Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard

The Profile

A collaboration between New York no wave icon Lydia Lunch and Australian post-punk guitarist Rowland S. Howard, known for dark, blues-soaked, post-punk recordings culminating in Shotgun Wedding (1991).

Collaborations include the 1982 single Some Velvet Morning, Honeymoon in Red (1987), and Shotgun Wedding (1991) recorded in Memphis; the latter features covers such as In My Time of Dying and Black Juju, with Howard’s distinctive Fender Jaguar and Lunch’s atonal delivery.

A 5-star review mourns and celebrates Rowland S. Howard while dissecting Shotgun Wedding, his 1991 collaboration with Lydia Lunch. It traces the path from 1982’s Some Velvet Morning through Honeymoon in Red to the Memphis sessions. The album is cast as sick, decadent blues filtered through post-punk, with standout covers like In My Time of Dying and Black Juju. Howard’s distinctive Fender Jaguar and Lunch’s atonal delivery drive the mood. Overall tone is admiring, dark, and intense.