Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 2023

Members: Lee McFadden, Jonathan Hodgson, Stuart Hilton (2), Gary Jones (27), Alan "Jock" Rodger, Martin Hughes (7), Steve May (15), Fraser Gillespie

Cult Figures were Martin - bass, Jon - gtr & vocs, Jock - drms & vocs, Gary - vocs & gtr.
Although sometimes assumed to be Swell Maps under a different name, in fact Cult Figures were a separate entity. The fact that they sounded very like the Maps, had various Maps playing on their records, were on the same label as the Maps and often played on the same bills probably led to the confusion - but they weren't the Swell Maps!
Read the liner notes to the Live At the Cedar Club CDr for the full story.