Home Musical artists Ian Astbury Ian Astbury Musical artist Ian Robert Astbury (born 14 May 1962, Heswall, Cheshire, England) is an English rock musician and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band The Cult. Personal facts Birth dateMay 14, 1962 Birth placeCheshire , England , Merseyside , Heswall facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Musical artist Career started1981 associated musical artistBoris (band)Holy Barbarians (band)The WondergirlsUnkleSouthern Death CultThe CultSlash (musician)Circus of PowerManzarek–Krieger BackgroundSolo singer genreHeavy metal musicGothic rockPost-punk instrumentGuitarHarmonicaPercussion instrumentLead vocalist record labelBeggars Banquet Records Topical connections Billy MorrisonMusical artist Andy McCluskeyMusical artist Adam DevlinMusical artist Adam Blake Musical artist Adam AntMusical artist Aaron StainthorpeMusical artist Danny SugermanMusical artist Billy DuffyMusical artist Bill RiddingSports manager Alexi LalasFootball player Alex BengardFootball player Aki NawazMusical artist Ian Astbury on Wikipedia Ian Astbury External resources http://thecult.us http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1039312/bio http://www.zani.co.uk/music/452-ian-astbury-zani-speak-to-the-man