Billy Duffy

Film & TV

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. In the late 1970s he became involved in the punk movement, influenced by the New York Dolls, the Stooges, Buzzcocks, the…

Known for

• The Cult - New York City — Guitar2006
• Sin-Jin Smyth2006
• The Cult - Music Without Fear — Guitar2002
• The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995 — Guitar2001
• The Cult - Brixton Academy 1987 — Guitarist1987
• The Cult: Live from The Ritz1985
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self1984

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

GB

Active from

1984-06-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

295

Total plays

718

Billy Duffy's guitar heroics have influenced several generations of musicians from opposite sides of the music world. On one hand, Duffy's swirling, psychedelic riffs on early records by the Cult provided a blueprint for gothic rock guitarists; however, when the Cult began to embrace hard rock, heavy metal enthusiasts discovered a new axeman to idolize. But Duffy's rock roots aren't in goth or metal; it was punk. * Born: May 12, 1961 in Manchester, England <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bil

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

William

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Manchester

Occupation

association football player

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

hard rock

Instrument

guitar

Record label

Virgin Records

Sport

association football

Official website

www.billyduffy.com

Image

Billy Duffy (The Cult) (cropped).jpg

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