Guitarist Billy Duffy remembers only one detail about the moment when he first presented singer Ian Astbury with the riff for what would become their band’s greatest song. As he recalls to MusicRadar with a dry laugh: “Ian wasn’t initially very impressed when I played it in rehearsals.”
Back in 1984, The Cult were looking for that all-important breakthrough hit, and from Duffy’s riff they created She Sells Sanctuary – a powerful anthem that would reach the UK top 20 and establish The Cult as major force in ’80s rock.
