Astbury
Britishnoun
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After the breakup, frontman Ian Astbury joined forces with guitarist Billy Duffy to form Death Cult in 1983.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
In 2023, Astbury and Duffy would revive Death Cult for a series of shows across the U.K. and a one-off performance at what was then the Theatre at Ace Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
Giving evidence via video from Australia, she was asked by prosecutor Philip Astbury if she had "at any point" administered insulin to Child F.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022
The eight-track “Under the Midnight Sun” has triggered two singles, “Give Me Mercy” and “A Cut Inside,” with Astbury singing: “No heathens in heaven/ No sweet surrender/ Outsiders forever/ Ghosts of our lives.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022
It was taken five years previously by the English crystallo- grapher W. T. Astbury, and could be used to start us off.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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