Cult Figures were a U.K. punk/post-punk band formed at the Solihull College Of Technology in the West Midlands in 1977 by school friends Jon Hodgson, Gary Jones and Tim Wilday. Jones paid £20 for a Kay electric guitar and a practice amp and Wilday borrowed a pair of drumsticks from Rick Buckler of
The Jam. After playing several gigs, Wilday left the group and two new members, Martin (bass) and Jock (drums) joined. The group were given a chance to record by Birmingham's
Swell Maps (Hodgson, Wilday and Jones had gone to school with Epic Soundtracks and Richard of Swell Maps, as…
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