[from Bradford UK] this
is a band that I have never liked - his dramatic voice grates on me – I
particularly hate their hit and the song I am most familiar with: “She Sells
Sanctuary” - the ticket to this show was bought for me and I underwent two
evening sessions of training in the catalogue of The Cult by a long-time
devotee of the band, Rockboy - I enjoyed my training – I am now qualified to
tell you that while I respect the band-integrity (pre-Rick-Rubin producing) of
the earliest albums of The Cult, such as Dreamtime and Love, it is exactly the
music that I don’t like from them: wishy-washy romantic dramatic unrock rock –
the albums that followed were a surprise to me (such as Electric and Sonic
Temple) as I had no idea that The Cult had such music – while I see the
transformation intro crunchy AC/DC metal as Rubin-homogenizing-evil and as The
Cult becoming very un-Cult, I cannot deny that I quite enjoy those albums more
than the early frilly-shirt soaring-sob albums – and so the concert went – they
did the Love album in entirety and it was perfect – it was as if we were in the
studio but for the dirt under our feet, the sweat and heat, and the most
annoying drunk mish-mash packed-in crowd I have ever been in (I was nearly
knocked down twice by 2 near-fights between the same 2 ignorant middle-aged obliterated-drunk
men) – and then the second set was a selection of hits from their proper metal albums
and the crowd went even more wild although it didn’t seem it was possible – Ian
Astbury’s voice is undeniably distinctive and high-quality – in the end, the
show was tremendous, this band is still not for me, and I felt inexplicably
drawn to Ian Astbury – he was round and shaggy-haired and wearing a hoodie with
little white insignias on it – he looked all cuddly and accessible – he banged
his tambourine and shimmied forward and backward like’s he done this… as long
as he’s done this – I liked his aura of knowingness and the sort of
self-confidence that underlies not having to dress to impress (Photo courtesy of
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