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Ian Robert Astbury Wiki Biography

Ian Robert Astbury was born on the 14th May 1962, in Heswall, Cheshire, England, and is a singer, musician and actor. He is recognized for being the leader of the noted group The Cult, and also for being the singer of the band of blues rock The Doors of the 21st Century, formed in 2002 by former members of The Doors. Astbury has been active in the entertainment industry since 1981.

How much is the net worth of Ian Astbury? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is equal to $15 million, as of the data presented in early 2017. Music is the major source of Astbury’s fortune.

To begin with, Astbury was named after his father Robert Astbury, who was a merchant, who kept the family moving from one place to another while Ian was young; the boy grew up mainly on Merseyside, then Glasgow (Scotland), before the family emigrated to Canada in 1973, when he was eleven years old. However, he moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1979, afterwards to Brixton, London, and eventually ended up in Bradford, England in the autumn of 1981. His mother died of cancer on his 17th birthday and his father also died of cancer, when Ian was 29 years old.

Concerning the professional career, Ian started singing while living in Liverpool, at that time active in the punk scene. In 1981 Astbury joined a local band as lead vocalist and renamed the band Southern Death Cult, in honour of an American tribe of Delta Mississippi, but the band dissolved in 1983. Alongside the guitarist Billy Duffy, the bassist Jamie Stewart and the drummer Raymond Taylor Smith (Ray Mondo), Astbury formed a new band, called Death Cult, then shortened the name to The Cult. With this band he eventually released a total of 23 studio albums. After the first separation of the band, Astbury as a soloist released two recordings: “Spirit Light Speed” (2000) and “BXI” (2010). In 1996, he formed Holy Barbarians and released the album entitled “Cream”. In the year 2002, he was asked to be the replacement voice of the late Jim Morrison from the famous rock band The Doors, alongside three original members Ray Manzarek (keyboards), Robby Krieger (guitar) and John Densmore (drums) – later the band was renamed The Doors of the 21st Century. In 2003, Astbury also performed with the surviving members of MC5 in a concert at the 100 Club in London, before they finally return to their former group, The Cult with Billy Duffy. Overall, all the aforementioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Ian Astbury net worth.

Finally, in the personal life of Ian Astbury, he married The Black Ryder vocalist / guitarist Aimee Nash in Las Vegas, in 2012. Previously, he was married to Heatherlyn Campbell (1991–1997).

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Ian Robert Astbury Quotes

• Albums are dead, the format is dead. iTunes has destroyed the whole idea of an album. It was a crucial part of the music industry between the 1970s and the 1990s, but it’s been over for years now. It’s simply an old format, it’s just not up to date – and that’s that.
• We never had fans – we have addicts. You either need it or you don’t. You either get it or you won’t. There is nothing casual about The Cult. We attract pure votaries.
• Talking about The Cult’s 1999 reunion tour: “Our tour will be a gathering place for desperate souls. People who have been recently disappointed by watered-down, commercialized, mediocre rock music. A lot of rock bands are like little kids playing with big-boy toys – we’re playing by big-boy rules. This tour is for people who need meat in their sandwich.”

Ian Robert Astbury Important Facts

• Currently in India, taking a one month holiday from touring with the revamped version of The Doors. [October 2005]
• Currently touring with The Cult on their ‘Return to Wild Tour’ across North and South America and Europe. [2006]
• Lives in Los Angeles.
• He’s traveled to Bombay several times and says he loves India and its people. He’s also been to Mt Everest.
• Oliver Stone’s first choice to portray Jim Morrison in “The Doors” (1991).
• Usually plays tambourine (for percussion) in addition to singing, and throws his tambourines out into the audience throughout The Cult’s concerts.
• In February 1993, The Cult’s best of collection titled ‘Pure Cult: Music for Rockers, Ravers, Lovers, and Sinners’ debuted at #1 on the charts in Britain and went double platinum in that country. It later went to number one on the charts in Portugal and New Zealand.
• On The Cult’s 1994 Black Sheep record, two songs: ‘Naturally High’ and ‘Sacred Life’ were written as a tribute to Nigel Preston, Ian’s friend and former drummer for The Cult, who died in 1992.
• Two sons: Dustyn Astbury and Che Astbury (named after Che Guevara)
• Born on the same day as Poison guitarist C.C. Deville.
• In 1996 when he toured with his side band “The Holy Barbarians”, he read poetry by Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac aloud to the audience during concerts.
• His mother died of cancer on his 17th birthday – his father also died of cancer when Ian was 29 years old
• Born in Heswall, in Cheshire England. He was named after his father Robert Astbury, who was a merchant seaman, and kept the family moving while Ian was young. Grew up in Merseyside England, then Liverpool, then Glasgow, Scotland. He immigrated to Canada in 1973. He moved to Belfast in Northern Ireland in 1979, then Brixton, England, and then eventually ended up in Bradford England, in autumn of 1981.
• For reasons known only to the band, he is sometimes referred to as “Ezekial”.
• Worked as a member of U2’s road crew in 1980.
• Is an avid collector of WWII memorabilia.
• During a four year hiatus from The Cult from 1995 to 1999, traveled extensively to Japan, China, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, Cuba, New York, London and Los Angeles.
• Spent 29 days in the army in 1979.
• Was being considered in 1991 to play Jim Morrison in the film “The Doors”, but turned down the role because neither he nor the other surviving members of The Doors like the way that Jim Morrison was going to be portrayed in that film.
• In 1996, he started up a side band called “The Holy Barbarians”, named after a book of beatnik philosophy and poetry by Lawrence Lipton. The band did one record, “Cream”, named after a popular London nightclub in April 1996, and then split up some time around 1997.
• He and guitarist Billy Duffy have been in the band “The Cult” since 1983. They are the only two permanent band members, with an almost constantly changing drummer, bass player and rhythm guitarist.
• Stepped into Jim Morrison’s shoes in doing vocals for the new incarnation of the Doors, touring as the 21st century Doors throughout 2002-2003. As of summer of 2004 he is still touring with the “21st Century Doors”, a move which is angering many of The Cult’s fans that are waiting for The Cult to tour again.
• Lead singer of rock band The Cult

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