Sixes Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Never really listened to these guys. Can any of you suggest an album or two to start of with?LoveElectricafter that, they suck and get worse and worse with each album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Never really listened to these guys. Can any of you suggest an album or two to start of with? LoveElectricafter that, they suck and get worse and worse with each albumGotta disagree man...I'm not a fan of the "black sheep" album outside of a few songs, but "Sonic Temple" and "Ceremony" are both great. I love "Beyond Good and Evil", "Born Into This" wasn't their best outside of a few songs, and "Choice Of Weapon" had it's moments.I LOVE the "Peace" album as well. Glad to see that it finally got a proper release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Never really listened to these guys. Can any of you suggest an album or two to start of with? LoveElectricafter that, they suck and get worse and worse with each albumGotta disagree man...I'm not a fan of the "black sheep" album outside of a few songs, but "Sonic Temple" and "Ceremony" are both great. I love "Beyond Good and Evil", "Born Into This" wasn't their best outside of a few songs, and "Choice Of Weapon" had it's moments.I LOVE the "Peace" album as well. Glad to see that it finally got a proper release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Never really listened to these guys. Can any of you suggest an album or two to start of with? LoveElectricafter that, they suck and get worse and worse with each albumGotta disagree man...I'm not a fan of the "black sheep" album outside of a few songs, but "Sonic Temple" and "Ceremony" are both great. I love "Beyond Good and Evil", "Born Into This" wasn't their best outside of a few songs, and "Choice Of Weapon" had it's moments.I LOVE the "Peace" album as well. Glad to see that it finally got a proper release!Ceremony is really terrible. Nothing redeeming about that album. Sonic Temple has a few hits and solid songs but overall not very good. I find that album to be where they ran out of lyrical and musical ideas, lyrically especiallyAnd I will backtrack a bit...Beyond Good And Evil is an above average album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Ceremony just kept the party going. Wild Hearted Son and Heart and Soul are pretty good. Beyond Good was probably a fuller album.SpiritwalkerRainShe Sell SanctuaryLove Removal MachineLil DevilWild FlowerSun KingFire WomanSweet Soul SisterEdie (Ciao Baby)Wild Hearted SonHeart and SoulAll seem undeniable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) I had that Doors with Astbury dvd. I kind of lost it, it was bizarre, not bad just weird. It was part of the Storytellers series maybe.Stern, Howard Stern. It's kinda like The Doors, but without the vision. Still damn, DAMN good choruses, and they know how to rock. The guitar player is great, the chemistry with his vocalist is tight as shit. The Cult is one of those bands I can always come back to. Good music to when you want to go really fast and don't give a fuck.Okay, why did you mention Howard Stern? Stephen King also likes the Cult, they are one of those bands from 80s/90s. Maybe the best British band of the era, before Oasis turned up. But Astbury has a proper rock voice, whereas Liam has a nasal whine. They do have that pocket, with the bass, a lot like AFD has. They just got progressively more Rawk, I think I read it was really Duffy that wanted to go that way. Astbury kind of wanted to be a punk messiah. His crooning is really Morrisonesque. What's the deal with the Native American stuff?Rain and Heart and Soul are two songs I've got into. I didn't get Ceremony. I bought the Wild Hearted Son tape. He's ACTUALLY part wolf, everybody knows that. His spirit animal is human being. His indian nickname is "fuckin' with u".As for the real reason I've mentioned Stern: I'm jewish too, and I've heard him once say in an interview something like: "fuck, The Cult, what a great band, great music, why didn't they ever really made it big?".Duffy seems like the kind of guy with a really thick head. Like, what? if it moves too far from what works, he doesn't see the point. Ain't broke, don't fuck with me. Kinda sucks, cause I wanted to see, but...the results are cool enough for me to not really care about what could have been.I think they had too many albums as a goth n roll band. If they exploded on the scene as Americans with Electric and Sonic Temple then broke up in a storm of fists fights and booze & drugs then disappear for 20 years they could have been huge. Like where have they been? They don't tour or hit paparazzi at LAX?They do seem like a band Patrick Bateman might cut up hookers to though. They have cult appeal, The Cult have cult appeal everyone, screen print! Edited August 29, 2014 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 They were an under-appreciated band, to an extent. I went through a big obsession with them a while back, and still think Pure Cult is one of the best pop-rock compilations ever. As a singles band they were phenomenal. Also, their Rare Cult box set - though excessive (some of the club remixes etc. are shit!) - contains some real gems, like this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 They're a fun band. Love is a great album. Saw them on the tour where they played it in it's entirety and it was a good show - wouldn't mind seeing them again someday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Fun yeah. They walk the line. If you listen to the lyrics they are borderline, but some how they pull it off and that makes it even better. I'm a wolf child baby, howling' for you? Yes, yes you are, shut up and be the wolfette for like 20 seco…ahh thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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