Meh, bit of a stretch claiming Astbury as british, grew up in Canada in his teens, a lot of the influences obviously from that time, and from southern US rock.
The Cult are a British rock band formed in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult. Wikipedia
Yes, i can google. But you know what I mean, grew up in Canada, so it gets a bit iffy. If he had grown up in UK, we would have got something different if at all. Anyhoo, I went ages thinking he was of native american descent because of his look and his outfits