{"id":1295,"date":"2012-08-09T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T22:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2013-11-12T14:56:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:56:45","slug":"billy-duffy-on-how-he-discovered-his-signature-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/billy-duffy-on-how-he-discovered-his-signature-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Duffy on how he discovered his signature sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWwh8_fwCAA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bill Duffy Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyDuffyandAJ\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Duffy<\/a>\u00a0is one of the founding members of the extremely influential band\u00a0<a title=\"the Cult Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecultmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Cult<\/a>. 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