The Cult

Fusing of Pseudo-Mysticism Jingles
By. C.A.

 

The Cult, which originated in 1980 first labeled itself “Southern Death Cult”. The name was resultant from a 14th century Native American religion. That explains why some often confused the bands English singer Ian Astbury as a Native American Indian.
Dressed in dark bell bottom pants and long black hair, Astbury made the The Cult distinctive during a very saturated 1980’s heavily metal era.

By fusing the pseudo-mysticism jingles of a tangerine with furious 3 cord hard rock crunches, The Cult thrived in electrifying the airwaves with their blazing “Fire Woman” song in MTV’s Head Bangers Ball music series.

The bands brief exposure on MTV lime-light would be short lived as popular new hair bands such as Guns N Roses, Testla, and Skid Row came into the scene. Guns N Roses in particular literally seduced the public eye, thus causing bands such as The Cult to slowly lose color.

This may have also triggered Cult members John Temesta (drums), Mike Dimkich (rhythm guitar), and Chris Wyse (bass) to lose faith in the band and quit. Cult lead singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy remained true and quickly replaced their departed band members while working on their album “Ceremony”.
In 1994, The Cult was then delivered another low blow when the mother of a Native American boy sued the band for using the kids face on there Ceremony album without signed consent. To make matters worse, Ceremony sold only under a million copies worldwide.


The band finally decided to call it quits in 1998 and remained inactive until their reunion in 2001. From there on the band has worked extremely hard in maintaining and promoting its image.

The Cult is busier than ever and makes over 15 performances a month in cities world wide. Their scheduled 2009 tour dates include places such as Sweden, Alberta, Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, England, Scotland, Holland and dozens of cities across the United States.

 

 

The Cult

The Cult