Burn My Shadow is a fantastic song

used to hate em

love em now

Me too, Mo.

spreads legs as far apart as possible, plays Wild Hearted Son

what spurred the change wham guy?

That album in 2001. I pricked my ears up at that and as a young 19 year old who had just arrived in London thinking "Oooh, gigs to go to!" I saw The Cult were playing for £15, grabbed myself a ticket, head on down a couple of weeks later and was hooked.

Fucking great live show.

Matt Sorum was on drums for that show too.

i got into these guys bigtime when i was in year 10...1989. (man, was it that long ago?).

she sells sanctuary's a col song.

electric was awesome. firewoman.

the lyrics, of course, are utter crap. as are the videos. but still..

this new wave of 'rock' bands don't come close to how good The Cult were on electric

C'mooooooooooon, little honeeyyyyy!

Silence in the court, McBain. Your testimony is not required in this matter.

From their Wiki: There has also been interest in getting the band to appear again at the "Big Day Out" festival in Australia.

Yes I am aware that is about as reliable as worksafe_hiponion saying it on a thread here.

resists temptation to start 'the cunt' parody thread

hey, Judge - i sentence you to suck a fart outta my arse.

the bit where the bass player swings around on his heel and starts playing at the beginning of the video for LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE

it's POSETASTIC

billy duffy is a screaming lord guitar player, too - so tasteful.

You're in contempt there, Reuben...

so sue me.

really didn't like the '94 album

I'm a Sun King, baby.
Let me take you by the hand.

haha best picture ever.

Used to love 'em
Now hate 'em.

Haha...thats pretty funny. The more I think back on the gig I witnessed the more amusement I get from it. It was enjoyable on some level but there was a lot of ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??? moments.

yeah... it all ended with everyone walking off after Love Removal... except billy who thanked the crowd and said ''good night...or was it?''

ouch

Hahaha....they crack me up. Hopefully they had a better sound than they did at Luna Park. I felt bad for Billy. HE was so frustrated there.

Apparently Duffy is quite the tosser in the flesh. Ian is supposed to be more human.

I reckon they are all tossers tbh.

hehe

I thought they were excellent on Saturday night at the Palais. Though Ian was bitching about his mic all night. From where I was sitting right at the back of the theatre it looked like the cable kept getting entwined with Billy's guitar lead. And Billy kept motioning angrily at the monitors guy about something.

Poor Duncan....

According to the guy who started this thread, Astbury is a total wanker, and Billy Duffy is okay. This tends to back up everything I've heard elsewhere.

a fun time. bring back whammy bars.

OK....

You probably meant this whammy bar though...

My source is going back a couple of decades. People change, like sands in the hour glass...

bump

__v said about 12 months ago:

man, that was a tough 90 mins

what a shame

but it did have the all time world-beater cosmically inane bit of stage banter:

''i been reading a lot of blogs lately that are telling me i put on some weight - i'm 47 man - but i'm telling ya now that i'm gonna get my old body back - i got a little aerobic exercise bike at home and i've been riding that - actually i had some hip surgery last year, it really fucked me up - okay thanks for listening. this one's for michael hutchence.''

awesome!

anyone given the new record a spin yet?

No

Aimee Nash from Black Ryder/Morning After Girls recently married Ian Astbury.

New album is ok for a couple of spins. I'd rather listen to that than the Pumpkins one.