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Billy Duffy (William Henry Duffy) was born on 12 May, 1961 in Hulme, Manchester, England, is a British guitarist. Discover Billy Duffy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As William Henry Duffy
Occupation Guitarist
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 12 May 1961
Birthday 12 May
Birthplace Hulme, Manchester, England
Nationality Manchester

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Billy Duffy Height, Weight & Measurements

At 62 years old, Billy Duffy height is 1.8 m .

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Billy Duffy Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1961

William Henry Duffy (born 12 May 1961) is an English rock musician, best known as the guitarist of the band The Cult.

Duffy was born and grew up in Manchester, England.

He has Irish and Jewish heritage and ancestry.

He began playing the guitar at the age of fourteen, being influenced by the music of Queen, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Aerosmith, Blue Öyster Cult, and the early work of Led Zeppelin.

1970

In the late 1970s he became involved in the punk movement, being influenced by the New York Dolls, The Stooges, Buzzcocks, and The Sex Pistols, as well as AC/DC (which he views as a proto-punk group).

He started playing lead guitar with a number of different punk acts whilst still in school in the late 1970s, including the Studio Sweethearts.

In the Manchester scene he personally influenced Johnny Marr to start performing as a guitarist, and encouraged Morrissey to make his first foray as singer/frontman with a punk-rock act titled The Nosebleeds.

After leaving school, Duffy left Manchester when the Studio Sweethearts moved to London, working as a shop assistant at Johnsons in the King's Road, in Chelsea.

The Studio Sweethearts subsequently broke up and Duffy began playing lead guitar part-time with the band entitled Theatre of Hate.

Shortly after he met Ian Astbury, then frontman/lead vocalist with the Southern Death Cult, who was sufficiently impressed with Duffy's talents that he quit the Southern Death Cult to start a new band with him called Death Cult.

After releasing two singles, the band shortened its name to The Cult.

In The Cult's debut single "Spiritwalker", Duffy created a distinctive flanged sound using an then-unfashionable guitar: a mid-1970s Gretsch White Falcon, which later became Duffy's main instrument.

This was followed by the album Love, featuring the hit "She Sells Sanctuary".

1987

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

1988

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.

1992

Following the 'Ceremonial Stomp' tour of 1992, Astbury pressured Duffy to return to their roots, with The Cult's The Cult album.

1995

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.

1997

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

1999

Duffy reformed The Cult with Astbury in 1999, which led to a new recording contract with Atlantic Records.

2001

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.

2002

In 2002 Astbury sent The Cult onto a hiatus once more, when he accepted an offer to sing with The Doors.

2004

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.

2006

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.

2007

Duffy's involvement ended in 2007.