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Ian Astbury — Spirit/Light/Speed

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) June 6, 2000 5:27 pm
Let's face it. When your expectations are zero, it's not hard to beat them. Thankfully, if you consider Holy Barbarian or that last Cult album ground zero in the no-expectation category, then Ian Astbury's solo record Spirit/Light/Speed is a huge jump forward into competence. Don't be fooled, this is in no way comparable to early Cult masterworks...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 26, 2010 11:46 am
Shanna Spalding, the singer for death metal band Divine Infamy, has been arrested and charged with two robberies. She's accused of being someone police are calling the "Cat Woman" robber, a serial robber who dons disguises like a cat mask while sticking up boutiques in New York. The Wall Street JournalBXI, the Boris and Ian Astbury...
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WTF: Ian Astbury Is Joining Boris?

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) May 28, 2010 2:32 pm
Maybe this is just another attempt by Ian Astbury to prove that Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Trent Reznor are "fakes." After all, if they were real musicians, they would go off and join a semi-obscure Japanese noise band, wouldn't they? The above photo of the band Boris with a tall, long-haired white guy has popped up on thedailyswarm....
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The Cult's Ian Astbury Calls Eddie Vedder, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl "Fakes"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 18, 2010 4:03 pm
Cult lead singer Ian Astbury spent five years pretending to be Jim Morrison (you could actually argue he's spent almost all of his career doing that) as a member of The Doors Of The 21st Century. That's the previous moniker of the reunited Doors featuring original members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, who've since renamed themselves to...
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Anvil: Winning Friends And Influencing People

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) January 8, 2010 11:45 am
During their initial rise to fame in the '80s, Anvil went from surviving on Kraft Dinner and salami to sharing a stage with Bon Jovi and Whitesnake. It seemed they were going to make it big — and fast. Life had its way with the Toronto headbangers, however, and because of poor management and crappy timing, Anvil teetered over fame's razor edge...
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The Cult's Ian Astbury

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Photographer: 
Richard Beland
Venue: 
The Warehouse
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
August 9, 1999

Ian Astbury Rides Out Of The Storm To Re-energize The Cult

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By CHARTattack Staff February 20, 2007 5:30 pm
Jeff Martin's dream job just became available. Ian Astbury is leaving Riders On The Storm — the band he's performed in with Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger for the past four years — to focus his attention back on The Cult. "I have decided to move on and focus on my own music and legacy," Astbury said in a...
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New UNKLE Album To Feature Josh Homme, Ian Astbury And Others

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) February 2, 2006 7:00 pm
Details about UNKLE's follow-up to 2003's Never, Never, Land are surfacing. James Lavelle, creator of the now-in-limbo Mo'Wax Records label and the brain behind UNKLE, is currently working on the new and still untitled album. It's being mixed in London, England and is set for a summer release. A stellar lineup of guests is contributing to the...
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Loose Ends: The Doors Open For Ian Astbury And Stewart Copeland

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By CHARTattack Staff September 12, 2002 4:00 pm
We've already mentioned that The Doors will be playing the big Harley Davidson show at Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario on September 29 and we speculated that Ian "Lizard King Jr." Astbury could take the late Jim Morrison's spot on lead vox. Well, kiddies, unofficial Doors leadman, Ray Manzarek, has confirmed to Billboard.com that...
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