Ian Astbury

Ian Robert Astbury was born May 14, 1962, in Heswall, Cheshire, England, to a Scottish mother and an English father. He spent a majority of his childhood living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canda, where he discovered the cultures and backgrounds of various tribes of Indigenous Peoples in southern Ontario — which has featured in many of his songs over the years.

He founded Bauhaus.

While on tour, he met The Cult. He has been the vocalist with The Cult ever since.

Astbury married The Cult.