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They are mainly working and touring in the US. Which side of the "ditch" did you have in mind?
Don't hear much talk about them, and they pretty much have disappeared from the airwaves, satellite included.
Now that's not necessarily the be all and end all.
I just find them to be pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme.
Luckily, many other fans don't.
"Many" might be a strong word.
Playing a music hall in a city like Chicago with a max capacity of 1600 doesn't suggest a legion of supporters for a band trading on '80s nostalgia.
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Failing to get the mystique in The Cult's sound, and mixing it up with the sound of Poison, is a cardinal sin. Outrageous!
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They are mainly working and touring in the US. Which side of the "ditch" did you have in mind?
Don't hear much talk about them, and they pretty much have disappeared from the airwaves, satellite included.
Now that's not necessarily the be all and end all.
I just find them to be pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme.
Luckily, many other fans don't.
"Many" might be a strong word.
Playing a music hall in a city like Chicago with a max capacity of 1600 doesn't suggest a legion of supporters for a band trading on '80s nostalgia.
Would rather see The Cult, or any other band for that matter, in a small venue. I think we would all agree here small venue's are a much better experience than arena's. So I guess when Elton John played the Hollywood Paladium, which holds a couple of thousand people at the most, a few years ago doesn't suggests a legion of supporters for an artist trading on his nostalgia?
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They are mainly working and touring in the US. Which side of the "ditch" did you have in mind?
Don't hear much talk about them, and they pretty much have disappeared from the airwaves, satellite included.
Now that's not necessarily the be all and end all.
I just find them to be pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme.
Luckily, many other fans don't.
"Many" might be a strong word.
Playing a music hall in a city like Chicago with a max capacity of 1600 doesn't suggest a legion of supporters for a band trading on '80s nostalgia.
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Unfortunately, the only show I've seen was on the The Cult-tour in 1995.
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Failing to get the mystique in The Cult's sound, and mixing it up with the sound of Poison, is a cardinal sin. Outrageous!
Esteemed rock critic Robert Christgau - a huge Stones supporter I might add - is on my side of this debate. He aptly dubbed the Cult "dumbass metal for guys who think they are above such things". Sounds like you fit that description.
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The Cult are pretty much a joke. Two of their three biggest "hits" were ACDC and Rolling Stones rip-offs. And I'll infer that She Sells Sancuary was probably lifted from something a little more obscure.
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Astbury's shtick isn't even original. He borrowed that from the Lizard King.
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Billy Duffy can play a mean axe for sure. But so can tens of thousands of weekend-warrior guitarists plugging away in hard rock cover bands across the USA.
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No. Never toured with The Cult. A friend of mine's band was slated to open up for them... in 1994. They broke up before that part of the tour.
I've read that, that LRM is a plunking of SMU. But there is zero similarity there. They are completely different riffs. I get the reason why people say that but there truly is zero similarity.
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Didn't your former band tour with them as well, btw?
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You mean the D with the one note added to it? Yeah... it's not a fourth though. Start Me Up is a one/fourth. It's also in a different key!
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Didn't your former band tour with them as well, btw?
A little personal bias informing your decision, DP? Now it makes sense. If I actually knew the band I would defend them like my life depended on it too.
I'm sure they are decent guys and are all thrilled they made it as far as they did in their career. It must have been really cool for Astbury to get to stand in for Mojo Risin and get to perform those iconic songs with Manszerek and Kreiger.
Good for the fans of the Cult that they get to see them in small venues. Of course, I too would rather see my favorite acts in small venues. My point was that the Cult don't have any other option but to play small venues because they are a relatively minor outfit with a small, but obviously loyal, following.
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What substance does jimmythesaint think the stones have? Just be the heavy hitting numbers like miss you or hit stuff
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What substance does jimmythesaint think the stones have? Just be the heavy hitting numbers like miss you or hit stuff
Lots of "substance" to be found on Let it Bleed, SF, Exile. If by substance we are talking classic rock n roll. Which I think we were.
I may be underselling the virtues of the Cult. But surely you aren't suggesting they belong in the same realm as the Rolling Stones?
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You mean the D with the one note added to it? Yeah... it's not a fourth though. Start Me Up is a one/fourth. It's also in a different key!
But they sound the same. Just like Money For Nothing has a little JJF in it, without using the same chords. LRM is even more obvious.
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You either dig them or you don't...but, if you do...
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I love Aphrodisiac Jacket from PEACE. That and Zap City, the outright best songs on the album.
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You mean the D with the one note added to it? Yeah... it's not a fourth though. Start Me Up is a one/fourth. It's also in a different key!
But they sound the same. Just like Money For Nothing has a little JJF in it, without using the same chords. LRM is even more obvious.
Well, they don't sound the same, LRM and SMU. Money For Nothing has that JJF sound in it that is of the live version oomph it's had over the years but sounds nothing like the studio version.
I understand why someone might think that LRM sounds like SMU but they don't. That Martin guy even said it in his book about the Stones sessions but as far as I am aware Billy Duffy has never even alluded to it, only a few people have. They are no more similar than Brown Sugar and Born In The USA are. They just aren't. Different rhythm, different key and the cadence is completely different. Yeah the riff goes and there's a note that goes up. Well... there are a lot of songs that do that. So then all of those songs sound like SMU too.