Billy Howerdel

Multi-instrumentalist Billy Howerdel is best known as a founding member, guitarist, producer, and principal songwriter of A Perfect Circle, one of the most celebrated alternative rock bands of the early 21st century. He also fronted the band Ashes Divide, which released one album in 2008, and his own debut solo album, What Normal Was, in 2022. Born in 1970 and brought up in the small town of West Milford, New Jersey, Howerdel was interested in music from a young age. He was heavily inspired by new wave and post-punk acts such as the Cult, Adam & the Ants, the Cure, Echo & the...