The Cult: The Band's Disastrous Decade, Ian Astbury Vs Billy Duffy, Breakups & Reunions
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Publicado 2020-12-01
0:00 - Intro
0:46: - The Cult's Ceremony Album
2:38 - Ceremony Lawsuit
6:25 - The Cult's 1994 Self-Titled Album
9:10 - Reunion/Beyond Good and Evil Album
Ian Astbury's Time With The Doors
• The Doors: The Disastrous Tour With T...
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What’s going on my fellow rock n’ rollers. Don’t forget to hit the bell notification icon to be notified every time i put out a new video on my channel. Also don’t forget to sign up for my email list to get my personal ten favourite stories i’ve done so far in addition to updates on what’s going on behind the senes. The lInk is in the description box below. Today i want to discuss a band that i’ve talked a lot about and that’s the Cult. While the british band would dominate the 80’s with hit album after hit album including 1985’s Love, 1987’s Electric and 1989’s Sonic Temple, the 90’s and early 2000’s were a pretty rough time for the band. Lawsuits, death, declining record sales, and concert tickets as well as breakups, as well as short-lived reunions and more breakups again were in store for the band. Stay tuned for the full story.
in 1991 the cult released their fifth studio album ceremony and by this point in the British band's career they established themselves as the one of the biggest chameleons in rock and roll being able to showcase different musical styles without losing their fan base. The band would be led by songwriting duo frontman Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy. Their 1991 album Ceremony was heavily influenced by Native American culture which Ian Astbury is a part of. Now the relationship between Astbury and Duffy was strained by this point in the band’s career and for the first time in the group’s history, the songwriting pair couldn't agree on musical direction Duffy wanted to keep playing heavy rock while Astbury wanted to change the band's sound. Due to the musical disagreement, Ceremony is the product of compromise. The album showed some similarities with Sonic temple including the tracks like wild hearted Sun, as well as earth mofo while Astbury’s more experimental side were shown on songs like Indian. And there were a couple of things working against the success of the record. For starters it was released in September of 1991, which was possibly the worst time to release the album as alternative rock was on it's way to dominating the rock charts with several records coming out around this time including Pearl Jam’s Ten, Nirvana’s Nevermind, Red hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Then there were band’s of the 80’s who were bigger than ever including Metallica and Guns N’ Roses who released their own juggernaut albums around this time including the Black album and the use your illusion records. The Cult coincidentally enough would tour with both bands in the late 80’s.
Ceremony only peaked at number 25 on the album charts in the US and became the first record from since 1985’s Love that failed to achieve Gold status in America. It wasn’t just alternative rock hitting the Cult’s album sales and pocketbook. as the band was also involved in litigation In the summer of 1992 a lawsuit that was filed against the The Cult by the parents of the 11 year old child who's featured on the album's front cover as well as the video for the song wild hearted son. The child’s parents sued the Cult for 61 million dollars claiming that the The Cult hadn't got permission to use the boy's image. here's an MTV report at the time discussing the lawsuit as well as the Cult's response. But first the Cult at the center of a lawsuit of the alleged improper use of a photograph of a child used on the cover of the ceremony album and also as a dramatic centerpiece of their video wild hearted son in which a snapshot is burnt eleven-year-old Sioux Indian eternity Debray and his parents have filed the 61 million dollar lawsuit in the American Supreme Court individually against frontman Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy as well as a multimedia company Time Warner, Warner Brothers Records, sire records and Jon Running the photographer credited for the picture. Eternity first saw the image when he was flicking through the channels on American television and saw the picture on MTV whereupon he reportedly ran screaming to his father the picture was taken when eternity was four at a tribal gathering run
Todos los comentarios (21)
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You cover the Cult more than anybody and I love it.
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Beyond good and Evil is one of the greatest heavy rock albums of all time. It will be found in the future by a new generation.
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The self-titled album is excellent. I've never understood how no one else can see it. It has a tone of great songs with a lot of variety. Joy is one of their best songs.
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"Fire Woman" lives forever.
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Huge fan growing up. Ian is his own worst enemy for sure. Saw them a few times over the years. The best was in 99 when they reunited for the Cult Rising tour. Small venue, one of the best shows ever.
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I loved The Cult so much, and in that period I was heavily into punk rock and hard core, but I found their sound and Ian voice almost hypnotic and extremely emotional in the right way. I still listen to their three 90s albums sometimes and I still feel the same way about their unique sound today. As a rule I don't give half a shit about an artist's personal life and trivial shit, I only care about the music or whatever "product" they create.
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The Cult’s Beyond Good and Evil is one of my favorite albums. I also really like their previous self titled album as well. But looking back at the Ceremony album, you can tell the Cult was going for a more Arena Rock style which fits the band just as well. The Cult remains to be one of my favorite bands and I personally enjoy all of the minor changes and influences there music has had over the years. I will say that I find it especially cool that you’re covering Ceremony in detail because it’s one of those albums that gets lost in the shuffle.
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Every time there was a new Cult album I got excited. And then I listened to it. Without sounding like someone stuck in the past, it's hard to beat Dreamtime, the live concert of version of it and of course, Love.
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Beyond Good And Evil is one of the most underrated albums ever.
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Love, Electric, & Sonic Temple are all classics! Ceremony is a good album and the self titled 1994 record is an underrated masterpiece! PLAY LOUD!
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Matt Sorum "got The Cult back together" sure you did Matt, sure you did!
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One of my all time favourite bands. The ARE rock & roll attitude itself
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The Cult was never the same after Jamie Stewart left.
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Good to see so much coverage on The Cult, you should cover Jane's Addiction, I'm sure there's plenty of interesting stories to tell!
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LOVE is one of the greatest records ever released!! Period.
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Billy Duffy is one of the most underrated rock guitarists ever.
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Huge cult fan here love that you have a lot of content on them. I actually loved beyond good and evil and the 94 Cult album. Guess that’s why they are the Cult. Only for the select few who understand greatness. That Holy Barbarians album is fantastic too.
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Cult have always been one of my favorite bands growing up... loved GnR, Faith no More, Jane's, the Cult... go to see them on their Beyond Good and Evil Tour.. maybe not their peak but was great to see them..... those first 4 records were timeless
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That 1994 self titled album is INCREDIBLE... it's one of my favorite Cult albums.
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The Cult's self-titled disc still holds up. I guess timing is everything.
