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Bradford, United Kingdom (1981 – 1995, 1999 – 2002, 2006 – present)

The Cult are an English band which gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-’80s singles like She Sells Sanctuary before breaking into the American market in the late ’80s with Love Removal Machine. The band fuses a “ revivalist” sound with the “pseudo-mysticism…of The Doors, the guitar-orchestrations of Led Zeppelin, and the three-chord crunch of AC/DC, while adding touches of ”. Since their earliest form in Bradford during 1981, the band has had various line-ups, but the longest serving band members are vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, both of whom are the band’s songwriters.
After moving to London, the band released Love, which charted at #4 in the United Kingdom, and which included singles such as She Sells Sanctuary and Rain. In the late 1980s, the band adopted a more and -infused sound with Electric, the single Love Removal Machine, and the album Sonic Temple, which enabled them to break into the North American market. By the early 1990s, the band was fraying behind the scenes, due to alcohol abuse and off-stage tensions, leading to a split-up in 1995. Between 1999 and 2002, the band reformed to record the album Beyond Good and Evil, and they reissued all of their albums in Asia and eastern Europe in 2003 and Japan in 2004. In 2006, the band reformed again to perform a series of worldwide tours. In October 2007, the band released the album Born Into This, on the Roadrunner Records label.
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BILLY DUFFY VS. BOB ROCK

24 Nov 2011 | from thecult.us/main

Locked down in studio placing the finishing touches , Billy is playing Bob’s (Wayne Kramer MC5 Reissue) Stratocaster …

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