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The Cult — Born Into This

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) October 2, 2007 1:43 pm
The lead-off title track to The Cult's ninth studio album starts by unfurling a heady rhythm track similar to "The Witch" before a snarling guitar line kicks in and well-placed woo-hoos make you recall the Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil." It's all incredibly familiar, but that's the point. The Cult's greatest successes have...
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The Cult Regroup for a Warehouse Powerhouse

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By Mistress Sass (CHARTattack) August 3, 1999 11:22 am
Once upon a time, my confused musical taste buds took on a, how do you say, eclectic palate? But a mighty band emerged from the pack to lead my funky ass out of the can of bad pop and into nirvana, like a phoenix from the fiery wreckage. They had what I needed and they gave my musical soul asylum with what felt like an everlasting kiss. But alas...
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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 Playing Love In Entirety On Tour

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) May 20, 2009 12:52 pm
The Cult will mount North American and European tours this year with the main attraction being the performance of 1985's Love — which featured the hits "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain" — in its entirety. The Love Live Tour will include Canadian stops in Abbotsford, B.C., Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. No ticket information is...
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The Cult's Ian Astbury

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

"Wolf child! Smokin'! Baby, yeahhh! Yow! Oww! Fire dog!"

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Hannah Guy
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El Mocambo
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Toronto
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October 29, 2001

Ian Astbury Suggests The Cult Will Tour With Led Zeppelin Next Year

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By CHARTattack Staff November 21, 2007 6:00 pm
If The Cult's Ian Astbury is to be believed — and how can you doubt the word of a man who masqueraded as a pale imitation of Jim Morrison with two of the surviving Doors members over the past five years — his band will be the opening act for Led Zeppelin on a U.S. tour next year. "We'll be back next year," Astbury said midway through...
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Billy Duffy Of The Cult Says New Album Could Be "Trashy"

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) March 16, 2007 2:30 pm
Before his newfound infamy as one of three judges in the Bodog Music Battle Of The Bands, Billy Duffy was renowned as the straight-rockin' guitarist for a little old band called The Cult. Weathering a sea of trials and tribulations since 1984, the quartet have recently seen a respectable resurgence in popularity. According to Duffy, it's made the...
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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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The Cult Issuing Live DVD And Starting Work On New Album

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) January 30, 2007 6:00 pm
The Cult plan to release a new DVD and studio album, their first since 2001's Beyond Good And Evil. According to The Cult's website, the DVD is "currently being edited and completed," with a release date tentatively set for sometime in April. The DVD material was taken from the band's performance last November at New York City's...
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On The Road Again: The Black Crowes, Matt Mays, The Cult And Joel Plaskett

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By CHARTattack Staff April 12, 2006 4:30 pm
The Black Crowes got back together to perform for the first time in three years in 2005, and things went so well for the southern rockers that they're hitting the road again in support of their new DVD, Freak 'N' Roll... Into The Fog. But the Robinson brothers and the rest of the band may have to be careful that the opening act for the...
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The Cult's American Tour Is A Return, Not A Resurrection

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By Eva Lampert (CHARTattack) March 1, 2006 6:00 pm
The Cult are getting back together for a 19-date U.S. tour starting Wednesday after putting things on hold following 2001's Beyond Good And Evil album. Cult guitarist Billy Duffy has kept himself occupied in the interim on a variety of projects, including making music as Siddons with Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. He'll also appear...
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The Cult — Beyond Good And Evil

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By Debbie Bento (CHARTattack) June 5, 2001 9:21 am
Are The Cult back to their former glory? Not even close. Yes, there's definitely loads of riffage, but the glue for The Cult's sound — Astbury's shreaking pipes — is the downfall here. Never thought I'd have to think, pack it in. Get another guy to sing these tunes! There's a surprising change though in Beyond Good...
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Cult Tribute Packed With Metal Goodness

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By Kate Guay (CHARTattack) April 25, 2001 4:30 pm
You might know that the world is truly going to hell when you're half asleep on your couch after a long day of interning and watching The Simpsons when a Nissan ad comes on and the first strains of "She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult plays in the background. Or perhaps it's when current and former members of Quiet Riot, Joan Jett...
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