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The Cult's Billy Duffy on the band's Manchester links: I’m hoping I’ll get a plaque - Manchester Evening News
He moved to London in the early 1980s to pursue his dream and formed one of the longest running British alternative rock bands with singer Ian Astbury - but Hulme born Duffy says homecomings are always important
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What of his Manc credentials? Check this lot out. Billy was in Morrissey’s first group, The Nosebleeds, helping to write the first songs Morrissey ever penned, replacing Vini Reilly, later of The Durutti Column.
He calls fellow Wytheshawe lad Johnny Marr a mate and was once in the suburb’s celebrated punk outfit Slaughter And The Dogs.
The Cult's Billy Duffy on the band's Manchester links: I’m hoping I’ll get a plaque - Manchester Evening News
He moved to London in the early 1980s to pursue his dream and formed one of the longest running British alternative rock bands with singer Ian Astbury - but Hulme born Duffy says homecomings are always important
Excerpt:
What of his Manc credentials? Check this lot out. Billy was in Morrissey’s first group, The Nosebleeds, helping to write the first songs Morrissey ever penned, replacing Vini Reilly, later of The Durutti Column.
He calls fellow Wytheshawe lad Johnny Marr a mate and was once in the suburb’s celebrated punk outfit Slaughter And The Dogs.
