Born in Manchester, England, on 12 May, 1961, Billy is best known as the guitarist and, along with Ian Astbury, one of the remaining founding members of The Cult. Billy now lives in Los Angeles, California.
Billy started out in punk bands The Nosebleeds (with Stephen
Morrissey),
Studio Sweethearts (also known as
Slaughter And The Dogs), Lonesome No More and, finally,
Theatre Of Hate, before forming
Death Cult with Astbury. He also guested for some gigs in band
Lavolta Lakota in 1985.
Since the break-up of The Cult in 1995, (the short-lived reunion in 2000 aside), Billy has played in Coloursound (with
Mike Peters (
The Alarm),
Craig Adams (
The Mission) and
Scott Garrett (ex-
The Cult)), Dead Men Walking (with
Mike Peters,
Glen Matlock (
Sex Pistols), Slim Jim Phantom (
Stray Cats) and
Kirk Brandon (
Spear Of Destiny) and The Cardboard Vampyres (with
Jerry Cantrell). 2006 Billy has been working on a side project called
Circus Diablo with
Billy Morrison,
Ricky Warwick and former
Fuel (3) front man
Brett Scallions on bass with a debute album to be released this summer.