The Cult

OLD goths die hard, and Cult fans are an especially resilient bunch, with many of the Caledonian faithful firing up the crimpers once again for one more black-clad mass. ther revisiting of a "classic" album. Read More

Despite the heady heights of success scaled by The Cult during the arena rock years from 1987 until their break-up in 1995, their second album Love is by far their best. Read More

With the benefit of hindsight, it's with a sense of amusement that one considers the howls of derisory laughter that met the release of The Cult's second album, Love , in 1985. Read More

Now finished touring with The Killers, Wolfmother are going on their own tour in October and November. Read More

Last night at Terminal 5, Midtown Manhattan saw the tightest pants, most leather boots and Echo and The Bunnymen-est hair it has seen in a long time—and that's before headliners The Cult even took the stage. Read More

For someone who is performing an album in its entirety that his band made almost 25 years ago, Ian Astbury is adamant that the Cult's Love' Live" tour not be seen as a remember-when show. Read More

"The eco-system needs it's predators" mused Ian Astbury last year, and few beasts in rock'n'roll come bigger than The Cult . Read More

An image of a Native American reminiscent of the iconography that has adorned the Cult's albums their entire career was projected onto the screen as Billy Duffy strode up the steps to the stage and took his creamy white Gretsch from the roadie. Read More

It's Labor Day weekend, which means most of us will be taking Monday off--including us here at DC9. Read More

Reviewing YouTube videos of The Cult 's work over the years, it starts to make a lot of sense why they still sport such a fierce following across the pond, why Oliver Stone would ask that old ham sandwich, lead singer Ian Astbury, to play Jim Morrision in The Doors (which he turned down, obviously), and why 2.5 decades after their inception, they still appear to be badasses in their own frilly-wristed way. Read More