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Billy Duffy

real name William Henry Duffy

Manchester, United Kingdom

Billy Duffy is credited on 900 releases across 182 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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900

Credits

182

Albums

Decades active

572

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Biography

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English guitarist, born May 12, 1961 in Hulme (opens in a new tab), Manchester. Best known as founder and member of The Cult.
He is now based in Los Angeles, CA.
Billy started out in punk bands The Nosebleeds (with Stephen Morrissey), Studio Sweethearts (also known as Slaughter And The Dogs), Lonesome No More and Theatre of Hate, before forming Death Cult with Ian Astbury which turned into The Cult (opens in a new tab). The Cult (opens in a new tab) broke up in March in 1995, and reunited in 1999, with another small break in 2004.
Billy has played in Coloursøund (with Mike Peters of (The Alarm (opens in a new tab)), Craig Adams (The Mission (opens in a new tab)) and Scott Garrett (ex- drummer of The Cult (opens in a new tab))), Dead Men Walking (with Mike Peters, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) and Kirk Brandon (Spear of Destiny) and the Cardboard Vampyres with Jerry Cantrell. In 2006 Billy worked on a side project called Circus Diablo with Billy Morrison, Ricky Warwick and former Fuel front man Brett Scallions on bass.