The Cult have shared two new songs under their Death Cult moniker, “Flesh and Bone” and “C.O.T.A.”
The tracks come after The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy revived the early incarnation of the band for a recent tour. Death Cult originally emerged from Asbury’s first band Southern Death Cult in 1983 once the singer joined forces with Duffy (eventually morphing into The Cult in 1984).
Described as post-punk/deathrock, Death Cult’s sound is a bit murkier and more cryptic than the big stadium-ready bombast Astbury and company injected into The Cult. As heard on “Flesh and Bone,” the band balances subdued instrumentation with harsher crescendos and a feeling of unease, which is even more palpable on the sparse, drum-machine-based “C.O.T.A.” (an acronym for “communion of the animals”).
The new songs are available digitally and on a 7″ vinyl single titled “Death Cult – 8323” that’s included as...
The tracks come after The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy revived the early incarnation of the band for a recent tour. Death Cult originally emerged from Asbury’s first band Southern Death Cult in 1983 once the singer joined forces with Duffy (eventually morphing into The Cult in 1984).
Described as post-punk/deathrock, Death Cult’s sound is a bit murkier and more cryptic than the big stadium-ready bombast Astbury and company injected into The Cult. As heard on “Flesh and Bone,” the band balances subdued instrumentation with harsher crescendos and a feeling of unease, which is even more palpable on the sparse, drum-machine-based “C.O.T.A.” (an acronym for “communion of the animals”).
The new songs are available digitally and on a 7″ vinyl single titled “Death Cult – 8323” that’s included as...
- 12/13/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
The Cult’s 1984 debut album, Dreamtime, is set to receive a 40th anniversary vinyl reissue, out February 23rd via Beggars Banquet.
It marks the first time the album has been issued on vinyl since 1991. While used copies of The Cult’s classic albums such as Love and Electric would turn up in record stores, Dreamtime was a scarcer find, especially in the US, where it was never issued as an LP. The new 40th anniversary edition touts a fresh remastering job and appears to be the first time the album is being distributed on vinyl in the States.
Still, Dreamtime did well overseas on the strength of singles “Spiritwalker” and “Go West.” At the time, The Cult’s sound was still heavily indebted to post-punk with hints of deathrock, an offshoot of goth rock that combined doomy atmospherics with the intensity of punk. The band would embrace a more pronounced...
It marks the first time the album has been issued on vinyl since 1991. While used copies of The Cult’s classic albums such as Love and Electric would turn up in record stores, Dreamtime was a scarcer find, especially in the US, where it was never issued as an LP. The new 40th anniversary edition touts a fresh remastering job and appears to be the first time the album is being distributed on vinyl in the States.
Still, Dreamtime did well overseas on the strength of singles “Spiritwalker” and “Go West.” At the time, The Cult’s sound was still heavily indebted to post-punk with hints of deathrock, an offshoot of goth rock that combined doomy atmospherics with the intensity of punk. The band would embrace a more pronounced...
- 12/6/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Before Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy achieved mainstream success as The Cult, the duo operated under the name Death Cult, performing a more primitive style of gothic post-punk.
Astbury originally formed the band Southern Death Cult in 1981, before the singer joined forces with Duffy to launch Death Cult in 1983. They would morph into The Cult in 1984, but Astbury and Duffy haven’t forgotten their origins. The duo is reviving the early incarnation of their band for a one-off Death Cult performance on October 23rd at the The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, followed by a series of shows in the UK.
Cold Cave are set to provide support for the LA gig, with general tickets going on sale Friday (August 18th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Alternatively, and if the show sells out, you can find tickets via StubHub.
Per a press release, the upcoming gigs...
Astbury originally formed the band Southern Death Cult in 1981, before the singer joined forces with Duffy to launch Death Cult in 1983. They would morph into The Cult in 1984, but Astbury and Duffy haven’t forgotten their origins. The duo is reviving the early incarnation of their band for a one-off Death Cult performance on October 23rd at the The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, followed by a series of shows in the UK.
Cold Cave are set to provide support for the LA gig, with general tickets going on sale Friday (August 18th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Alternatively, and if the show sells out, you can find tickets via StubHub.
Per a press release, the upcoming gigs...
- 8/14/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
UK rock legends The Cult have announced a run of 2023 US tour dates, including a fall run featuring support from Cold Cave.
Following their current Summer UK/European jaunt, The Cult will play three Midwest shows in July, including a set at the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival in Milwaukee. The fall outing kicks off with an appearance at the Aftershock Festival on October 5th and wraps up with a two-night stand in Las Vegas on October 27th and 28th.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Thursday (June 15th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Disco. General ticket sales begin Friday (June 16th) at 10 a.m. local time. You can also look for deals or buy tickets to sold-out concerts via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
“We are thrilled to announce these shows,” frontman Ian Astbury stated in a press release.
Following their current Summer UK/European jaunt, The Cult will play three Midwest shows in July, including a set at the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival in Milwaukee. The fall outing kicks off with an appearance at the Aftershock Festival on October 5th and wraps up with a two-night stand in Las Vegas on October 27th and 28th.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Thursday (June 15th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Disco. General ticket sales begin Friday (June 16th) at 10 a.m. local time. You can also look for deals or buy tickets to sold-out concerts via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
“We are thrilled to announce these shows,” frontman Ian Astbury stated in a press release.
- 6/13/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
The Bauhaus reunion tour of 2022 may have imploded after a mere 13 shows, but frontman Peter Murphy will be back on the road in April to front the Celebrating David Bowie tour alongside guitarist Adrian Belew, Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, a Perfect Circle bassist Matt McJunkins, guitarist Scrote, Devo/A Perfect Circle drummer Jeff Friedl, saxophonist Ron Dziubla and guitarist Eric Schermerhorn. It kicks off on April 4 in Houston, Texas, and wraps up on May 8 in Tacoma, Washington.
“Such a surprise to be invited to celebrate Bowie in this outing, and alongside a great lineup,...
“Such a surprise to be invited to celebrate Bowie in this outing, and alongside a great lineup,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Manzarek–Krieger singer Dave Brock.
In the aftermath of Jim Morrison’s death in 1971, the surviving members of the...
In the aftermath of Jim Morrison’s death in 1971, the surviving members of the...
- 1/14/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
David Bowie’s pianist, Mike Garson, is spearheading a virtual tribute to the late musician, A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!, which will air on the idol’s birthday, January 8th, 2021, and feature performances from Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan, and more.
The lineup of guests also includes Perry Farrell, Joe Elliott, Gavin Rossdale, actor Gary Oldman, Macy Gray, Ian Astbury, Lizzy Hale, Gail Ann Dorsey, Bernard Fowler, Corey Glover, Lena Hall, and Judith Hill. Anchoring the show will be an all-star band of musicians who played with Bowie over the course of his career,...
The lineup of guests also includes Perry Farrell, Joe Elliott, Gavin Rossdale, actor Gary Oldman, Macy Gray, Ian Astbury, Lizzy Hale, Gail Ann Dorsey, Bernard Fowler, Corey Glover, Lena Hall, and Judith Hill. Anchoring the show will be an all-star band of musicians who played with Bowie over the course of his career,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
British rock band the Cult have announced a special live event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its 1989 album Sonic Temple. Zola Jesus, Prayers, and Vowws will perform with The Cult on June 15th at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, transforming the venue into its own “sonic temple.”
“We’ve never thrown a party like this before,” lead singer Ian Astbury stated in a press release. “We want to celebrate the band’s DNA and especially the album Sonic Temple … Prayers and Vowws have both toured with us and the timing...
“We’ve never thrown a party like this before,” lead singer Ian Astbury stated in a press release. “We want to celebrate the band’s DNA and especially the album Sonic Temple … Prayers and Vowws have both toured with us and the timing...
- 4/3/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
In many ways, fact-checking a movie about Mötley Crüe is a ridiculous task, especially a film that says right off the bat it is merely “based” on a true story. It’s also a film that breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience that things didn’t happen quite as they’re being presented. The whole thing is also based on a book that bassist Nikki Sixx now claims has at least one story – in which he writes that he “pretty much” raped a woman – was “possibly greatly embellished or made up.
- 3/22/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
British rocker Ian Astbury is a married man. The "She Sells Sanctuary" singer, 50, and Black Ryder singer/guitarist Aimee Nash "were married on Saturday afternoon, May 26, at the Little Church of the West," his band's rep confirms to People. The couple tied the knot before The Cult's concert at M Resort in Las Vegas that same night. A source says they met when Nash's band opened for The Cult in Australia and that they had been engaged for several months. The Cult just kicked off a U.S. tour in support of new album Choice of Weapon. • Additional reporting...
- 5/29/2012
- by Marisa Laudadio and Johnny Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
The Cult revisit their primal selves. In their commercial heyday The Cult were that improbable band that bridged the gap between The Cure and Guns N’ Roses (who eventually nicked their drummer), floating in a psychedelic suspension spiritually derived from The Doors (who Cult singer Ian Astbury eventually fronted.sort of) and otherwise inhabited by only occasional others like Jane’s Addiction. When Metallica hired Bob Rock to produce The Black Album, it was allegedly to chase the tones and polish he achieved with The Cult on Sonic Temple. The lazy man’s storyline on Choice of Weapon is Rock’s return and the...
- 5/22/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
This review originally ran after film's U.K. release in March.
About ten minutes into James McTeigue's "The Raven," a large, hairy man -- a writer and critic, as it turns out -- is strapped to a table by a mysterious figure. A mighty blade, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit And The Pendulum," hangs forbodingly above him. And to his unseen captor, he screams "I'm just a critic! Why? Why would you do this to me?" After sitting through a further hundred minutes of McTeigue's inept, idiotic period thriller, we knew exactly how he felt.
The idea of taking a literary author of crime and horror and planting them in a murder investigation of their own is not a new one: indeed, it looked for a while that this film's thunder was going to be stolen by an ABC pilot "Poe" that never made it to air.
About ten minutes into James McTeigue's "The Raven," a large, hairy man -- a writer and critic, as it turns out -- is strapped to a table by a mysterious figure. A mighty blade, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit And The Pendulum," hangs forbodingly above him. And to his unseen captor, he screams "I'm just a critic! Why? Why would you do this to me?" After sitting through a further hundred minutes of McTeigue's inept, idiotic period thriller, we knew exactly how he felt.
The idea of taking a literary author of crime and horror and planting them in a murder investigation of their own is not a new one: indeed, it looked for a while that this film's thunder was going to be stolen by an ABC pilot "Poe" that never made it to air.
- 4/26/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Activision and the "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock" team paced themselves publicizing the full set list of more than 90 tracks that's slated to appear in the game, but they've put it all out there as of this week, and before you even make it to Soundgarden's full "Telephantasm" album that's coming bundled in the first shipment of units, you'll have a long list of core game tunes to thrash through including The Hives' "Tick Tick Boom" and multiple Megadeth and Rush numbers.
"We engaged our fans to find out what they really wanted and then hand-picked over 90 tracks that deliver the ultimate rock experience," Guitar Hero vice president of music affairs Tim Riley said in a press release. "From the new guitar controller to the gameplay to the on-disc set list, 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock' is truly a return to rock."
Here's what you'll have to play over the...
"We engaged our fans to find out what they really wanted and then hand-picked over 90 tracks that deliver the ultimate rock experience," Guitar Hero vice president of music affairs Tim Riley said in a press release. "From the new guitar controller to the gameplay to the on-disc set list, 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock' is truly a return to rock."
Here's what you'll have to play over the...
- 8/18/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Multiplayer
Ratings: *** This is it, the Guns N Roses re-union you have all been waiting for, with the exception of Axl Rose, of course. This album brings together the former members Steven Adler, Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin on various songs on the album. The icing on the cake is the vast array of guests who have all stepped in to lend their talents to the power songwriting talents of Slash. Look at the list, Ian Astbury (The Cult), Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Dave Grohl, Kid Rock, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother), Lemmy Killmister (Motorhead), ...
- 4/19/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
After years of toiling in some wildly successful rock bands (most notably Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver), Slash has finally made his way into the center of the spotlight with his first true solo album. It just debuted in third place on the Billboard album chart, moving over 60,000 copies in its first week on the strength of the behatted guitarist's non-stop promotion and the single "By the Sword" (a team-up with Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale.
Slash is actually a tremendous collection of hard rock songs that center around the axe man's signature chunky, swirling riffs. His backing band features all of the original members of Guns N' Roses (Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler — only Axl Rose is absent). In Santana style, each track has a guest vocalist, some of which work really well (Stockdale, Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl) while others stumble a bit (Fergie, Myles Kennedy). On balance,...
Slash is actually a tremendous collection of hard rock songs that center around the axe man's signature chunky, swirling riffs. His backing band features all of the original members of Guns N' Roses (Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler — only Axl Rose is absent). In Santana style, each track has a guest vocalist, some of which work really well (Stockdale, Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl) while others stumble a bit (Fergie, Myles Kennedy). On balance,...
- 4/14/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Slash - Slash With Nin's drummer and Jane's Addiction's bassist in tow plus rock royalty the likes of Chris Cornell, Kid Rock, Dave Grohl, Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmeister, The Cult's Ian Astbury, and many more soop-uh-stahs, Slash's first solo album amazingly shows continuity and showcases expert co-songwriting despite all of the musical influences involved. Producer Eric Valentine helps keep the fracas focused, Slash making it clear it's his record every time his guitar rips away from the tracks and their guests. However, despite its being a solid release, this is old school metal, and it can sometimes get a little too reliable. For instance, the first track, "Ghost," goes exactly where you think it will, the music being more like a friend that's got your back than one that will make you push your boundaries. Ozzy's vocal on the initially pretty "Crucify The...
- 4/5/2010
- by Mike Ragogna
- Huffington Post
Rock icon Slash is set to release his first true solo album, .Slash,. on April 6th. The album arrives on Dik Hayd Records and will feature an all-star roster of guest musicians including Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Rocco DeLuca, Fergie, Dave Grohl, Myles Kennedy, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmeister, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Duff McKagan, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, and Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother. For the album (which was described as a major undertaking), Slash enlisted services of producing partner Eric Valentine (Queens of Stone Age, The All-American Rejects) and compiled a rhythm section of bassist Chris Chaney (Jane.s Addiction) and drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails). In a press release, Slash...
- 3/17/2010
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Slash has stepped out of the snake pit to release his first solo album, out in April. It may be pegged a solo album, but the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist is hardly alone: he’s joined by such rock luminaries as Lemmy Kilmeister from Motorhead, Ozzy Osbourne,the Cult’s Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, Iggy Pop and fellow former Gn’R’er Duff McKagan, and Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale. Also thrown in for good measure are Kid Rock, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and Fergie. Slash, who produced with Eric Valentine, wrote and arranged most of the songs then handpicked the guest artist to collaborate...
- 2/4/2010
- Hitfix
Astbury Making Movie Based On Nobel Prize Winner's Book
The Cult frontman Ian Astbury is hoping to add documentarian to his resume by making a movie based on Nobel Prize-winning author Andrea Smith's book Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.
The rocker, who has always been fascinated by Native American culture, has teamed up with filmmaker Lorna Love to develop the hard-hitting movie.
He tells Billboard.com, "It's (film) to do with matricide and how our culture destroys women, and how society still isn't working for the woman.
"We haven't been in a place where women have been in charge for thousands of years. That's one of the underlying things of the documentary."
And Astbury admits that making the movie with Lavelle, the wife of Unkle hitmaker James Lavelle, has made him realise what a better U.S. President Michelle Obama would make than her husband Barack.
The Brit adds, "It's great that Obama is the President, but he's not a woman. I think Michelle would make a much better president, personally... I think a woman could do a much better job. Men just f**k things up."
Meanwhile, Astbury is also behind the camera on two short film projects, including one he describes as "almost a Romeo and Juliet story set on a (Indian) reservation."...
The rocker, who has always been fascinated by Native American culture, has teamed up with filmmaker Lorna Love to develop the hard-hitting movie.
He tells Billboard.com, "It's (film) to do with matricide and how our culture destroys women, and how society still isn't working for the woman.
"We haven't been in a place where women have been in charge for thousands of years. That's one of the underlying things of the documentary."
And Astbury admits that making the movie with Lavelle, the wife of Unkle hitmaker James Lavelle, has made him realise what a better U.S. President Michelle Obama would make than her husband Barack.
The Brit adds, "It's great that Obama is the President, but he's not a woman. I think Michelle would make a much better president, personally... I think a woman could do a much better job. Men just f**k things up."
Meanwhile, Astbury is also behind the camera on two short film projects, including one he describes as "almost a Romeo and Juliet story set on a (Indian) reservation."...
- 6/2/2009
- WENN
The Cult singer Ian Astbury will be hitting the stage with his new project The Soft Revolt to raise money for Apollonia Players' production of Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley (a silent auction will also be held). The Bowery Electric will be hosting a run of the play from June 12th to the 28th. Shanley is best known for his work Doubt, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film last year starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
- 5/4/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Astbury Blasts Led Zeppelin Tour Claims
The Cult frontman Ian Astbury has hit out at claims he announced the band would be supporting Led Zeppelin on tour - blaming a noisy concert audience and creative journalists for the false rumour.
Astbury was reported to have told the audience at a gig in Cincinnati, Ohio in November that the band would be joining rock legends Led Zeppelin on a yet-to-be-confirmed reunion tour.
The news prompted a flurry of speculation and was seen as confirmation Led Zeppelin were hitting the road, following a one-off London gig the Stairway to Heaven stars performed in December.
But Astbury insists he made no such announcement - he simply remarked to the crowd, "Wouldn't it be great if The Cult could tour with them?"
He says, "The only reason I said it is because I'd read about them playing at the (reunion) concert. I didn't think anything of it beyond that. It really goes to show you how naive people are, and how these things can get blown out of proportion. It's been embellished by journalists."...
Astbury was reported to have told the audience at a gig in Cincinnati, Ohio in November that the band would be joining rock legends Led Zeppelin on a yet-to-be-confirmed reunion tour.
The news prompted a flurry of speculation and was seen as confirmation Led Zeppelin were hitting the road, following a one-off London gig the Stairway to Heaven stars performed in December.
But Astbury insists he made no such announcement - he simply remarked to the crowd, "Wouldn't it be great if The Cult could tour with them?"
He says, "The only reason I said it is because I'd read about them playing at the (reunion) concert. I didn't think anything of it beyond that. It really goes to show you how naive people are, and how these things can get blown out of proportion. It's been embellished by journalists."...
- 4/4/2008
- WENN
Velvet Revolver To Support Led Zeppelin On Tour?
Former Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan has offered the strongest hint yet that Led Zeppelin will be embarking on a world tour - because his band Velvet Revolver have been signed up to support them.
The Stairway To Heaven hitmakers reformed in December for a one-off tribute concert in London after a 27-year absence, and despite massive demand, the band have refused to confirm whether they are planning any more live dates.
But McKagan is sure the veteran rockers will embark on a series of live dates across the globe once frontman Robert Plant finishes his current project with Alison Krauss.
And the 44-year-old bassist has revealed Velvet Revolver have landed the prestigious role of opening the show.
He tells Blabbermouth.net, "I understand that we have it, although I imagine there will be plenty of bands prepared to kick and punch us out of the way for the privilege!"
The Cult are also said to be in the running to join Velvet Revolver in a support slot after lead singer Ian Astbury told the audience at a U.S. gig they would be playing with Led Zeppelin on a possible reunion tour later this year.
The Stairway To Heaven hitmakers reformed in December for a one-off tribute concert in London after a 27-year absence, and despite massive demand, the band have refused to confirm whether they are planning any more live dates.
But McKagan is sure the veteran rockers will embark on a series of live dates across the globe once frontman Robert Plant finishes his current project with Alison Krauss.
And the 44-year-old bassist has revealed Velvet Revolver have landed the prestigious role of opening the show.
He tells Blabbermouth.net, "I understand that we have it, although I imagine there will be plenty of bands prepared to kick and punch us out of the way for the privilege!"
The Cult are also said to be in the running to join Velvet Revolver in a support slot after lead singer Ian Astbury told the audience at a U.S. gig they would be playing with Led Zeppelin on a possible reunion tour later this year.
- 3/18/2008
- WENN
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