Billy Duffy

Guitarist

Billy Duffy was born in Manchester, England, United Kingdom on May 12th, 1961 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 62, Billy Duffy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
William Henry Duffy
Date of Birth
May 12, 1961
Nationality
England
Place of Birth
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Age
62 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$12 Million
Profession
Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter
Billy Duffy Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 62 years old, Billy Duffy has this physical status:

Height
180cm
Weight
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Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
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Build
Slim
Measurements
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Billy Duffy Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Billy Duffy Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
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Billy Duffy Life

William Henry Duffy (born 12 May 1961) is a British rock musician best known as the band's lead guitarist.

Jack Mansell, Birmingham's maternal uncle, is the author.

Early life

Duffy was born in Manchester and grew up. He has Irish and Jewish roots as well as ancestry. He began playing the guitar at the age of fourteen, being inspired by Queen's music, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, Blue Cult, and Led Zeppelin's early work. He was instrumental in the punk movement in the late 1970s, being inspired by the New York Dolls, The Stooges, Buzzcocks, and The Sex Pistols, as well as AC/DC (which he describes as a proto-punk group). He started playing lead guitar with a variety of punk bands, including the Studio Sweethearts, in the late 1970s. Johnny Marr personally inspired him to play as a guitarist and advised Morrissey to make his first foray as a frontman with a punk-rock band named The Nosebleeds.

After leaving school, Duffy moved to London and spent a few weeks as a shop assistant at Johnsons in Chelsea's King's Road. Duffy began playing lead guitar with the band Theatre of Hate, but the Studio Sweethearts later broke down, and Duffy began playing lead guitar part-time. Ian Astbury, who was then the frontman/lead vocalist with the Southern Death Cult, was enthused enough by Duffy's talent to form Death Cult's new band with him. The band changed the band's name to The Cult after releasing two singles. Duffy produced a unique flanged sound in his debut album "Spirit Walker" - an early 1970s Gretsch Falcon, which became his signature sound and image. This was the sequel to Love, the album's name. "She Sells Sanctuary" was the hit on the show.

Personal life

Billy Duffy identifies himself as a descendant and ancestor of Jewish origins and heritage. As of 2020, Duffy is engaged to former glamour model Leilani Dowding.

Duffy is a big fan of Manchester City F.C. I am a fan.

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Billy Duffy Career

Career

Duffy helped change The Cult's sound into metal-blues for their third album, 1987's Electric.

Duffy moved to Los Angeles in 1988 with Astbury, where both remain. There, the two writing partners (with longtime bassist Jamie Stewart) turned to stadium rock and recorded Sonic Temple. The Cult reached a larger, mainstream audience, but the public's attention could not be sustained with their next album, Ceremony, at the dawn of the grunge age.

Following the 'Ceremonial Stomp' tour of 1992, Astbury pressured Duffy to return to their roots, with The Cult's The Cult album. This would ultimately lead to Astbury's departure from Duffy and The Cult in 1995.

During The Cult's four-year hiatus, Duffy played with Mike Peters of The Alarm in a project called Coloursound.

Duffy plays on the title track from Japanese musician J's 1997 debut album, Pyromania.

Duffy reformed The Cult with Astbury in 1999, which led to a new recording contract with Atlantic Records. This was capped off by a show at Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival in May 2001, where over 60,000 people watched them perform, leading up to the release of Beyond Good and Evil.

Their single to promote it, "Rise", which reached No. 125 in the US and No. 3 for 6 weeks on the mainstream rock chart, was removed from radio rotation a week after the album's release. Disappointing sales, reviews, and tour attendance ensued. In 2002 Astbury sent The Cult onto a hiatus once more, when he accepted an offer to sing with The Doors.

In early 2004, Duffy formed the covers band Cardboard Vampyres alongside Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Also in the band were Mötley Crüe and Ratt vocalist John Corabi, The Cult bassist Chris Wyse and drummer Josh Howser. The band played at various venues in the United States between 2004 and 2005. They predominantly played along the West Coast. No albums were released by the band.

The Cult reformed in early 2006 and after playing several US concerts toured Europe. Duffy appeared in Ethan Dettenmaier's film, Sin-Jin Smyth, which was filmed in 2006, but remains unreleased.

In early 2006 Duffy recorded a debut album with his new band, Circus Diablo. The album was recorded with Duffy playing lead guitar and former Cult touring bass player Billy Morrison handling lead vocals and bass guitar duties. Former The Almighty frontman, Ricky Warwick, played rhythm guitar on the CD. The former Cult, current Velvet Revolver, drummer Matt Sorum also played on the record.

After the completion of the album, former Fuel member Brett Scallions was added as bassist so Morrison could focus on being the lead singer. Then Jeremy Colson, formerly with Steve Vai, was brought in to be the full-time drummer for the band. Duffy's involvement ended in 2007.

In 2007, he was a judge on Bodog Music's Battle of the Bands.

In 2010, Duffy appeared on the TV-series, Married to Rock, which starred his girlfriend AJ Celi. In October 2012, he performed with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony at the Cabo Wabo Cantina for Sammy Hagar's Birthday Bash in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

In an October 2016 interview with PopMatters journalist J.C. Maçek III, Duffy spoke about his favorite Cult song, saying "Jonesy [former Sex Pistols guitarist turned radio host Steve Jones] on Jonesy's Jukebox just played 'Love' from the Love album and that's my favorite Cult song," he tells me proudly. "I actually got, I have to admit, a teeny bit of a goose bump because it just captured exactly what I wanted to say with that kind of haunting rock. Kind of swaggery but not heavy, it's got ... Duffy searches for the right words to express his emotion at hearing the song from the outside, "I mean nobody ... I don't know who makes music like that!"

Between 2012 and 2016, Duffy appeared with the Kings of Chaos.

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