Biography
Holy Barbarians was a short-lived rock band formed during 1996, after English frontman Ian Astbury left his band The Cult. Astbury was joined with three musicians from the United States, guitarist Patrick Sugg (ex-Neverland along with brothers Matt and Scott Garrett. Together the band recorded one album, Cream.
Astbury chose the name of the group as a referenced to 1959 novel by Lawrence Lipton of the same name. The one album recorded by the group was recorded at Parr Street Studios in Astbury's hometown of Liverpool; it was named Cream after a local club the band frequented during the recording process. Astbury and Sugg wrote the albums songs together, after having first met at a Wayne Kramer show in the United States.
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Their album was reasonably well received by music critics, who described it as taking influences from 1960s psychedelic music, mixing it with a rock sound. A promotional video was shot for the track Space Junkie and, between February and November 1996, the band toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and North America.[1] After beginning to write a new album in 1997, the band dissolved, with Astbury going on to record a solo record in 1998 (unreleased until 2000) and reforming The Cult in 1999.
Discography
* Cream (May 1996)
Members
* Ian Astbury − vocals, guitar, tamborine
* Patrick Sugg − guitar, backing vocals
* Matt Garrett − bass
* Scott Garrett − drums
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