The Cult - what are they like live these days?

not_the_dj

I'm just a casual fan, (last saw them on the Ceremony tour in the early 90s).....but I'm tempted to see them in Birmingham next year.

Anyone seen them more recently than that...and how was it?

Moss

Their shows are usually over 3 hours long...

Make of that what you will...

EricTheWeary

Where are they playing in Brum? I saw them a couple of times late 80s (I think).

not_the_dj

EricTheWeary said:

Where are they playing in Brum? I saw them a couple of times late 80s (I think).

O2 Institute....(Digbeth). 1st March 2015.

EricTheWeary

Never been in the big room there but upstairs seemed alright. Not sure who I could drag along to that though :-?

viz

Saw them last year at Cambridge - they were awesome. I LOVE the Cult. They didn't do anything off Southern Death Cult or Dreamtime eras though, unfortunately. 

mudslide73

EricTheWeary;898030" said:

Never been in the big room there but upstairs seemed alright. Not sure who I could drag along to that though :-?

I saw Rival Sons there a couple of tours back, they've done it out. It's a great room for a gig like that... a bit bigger than the Robin but with a balcony too.

The singer in our band is a big fan so I might try to convince hime to go...

Octahedron

So-so. Loud... 

freakboy1610

The Cult were fantastic both times that I saw them. Billy Duffy rocks! Going to the UEA show for sure. \m/

Nunogilberto

I expect Ian Astbury is just as incoherent now as he was in 1985

That said, I'd still go and see them.

JamesAshworth

I've probably got a soft spot for them, as my first gig was seeing them as a 13 year old in 1985 and have seen them about 10 times since over the years.

The video posted is a recent gig, pretty fair reflection of what you'll get, Ian's voice not what it was, forgets the odd lyric, talks a bit of nonsense but is sincere with it, BIlly just rocks and if you like straight ahead loud rock then you'l enjoy it !

Pretty cool Black "White Falcon too !

rsvmark

Billy Duffy eh? Get him. How he does it I really don't know..... I mean I always use my right foot to operate a wah wah

Grunfeld

JamesAshworth said:

Pretty cool Black "White Falcon too !

That guitar looks brilliant! 

vasselmeyer

Billy Duffy. Every guitarist should get to see him at least once. Legend.

57Deluxe

Billy wants to tie his boots up or he will fall over...

Slash'N'burn

Anyone going to see them this year? Got tickets for Halifax on July, I've never seen them live! 

I think they have a new album out too.

Offset

I saw them waaaaaay back when - late '80s I guess.  I was really in to them and they were great.  However... I saw them more recently ('Noughties?) and they were... OK.  The one thing I do seem to recall is that IA swore every other word and despite being a fairly foul-mouthed git myself, it really ground my beans.  I'm not sure I'd bother a third time.

Jfingers

Came here to criticise Ian Astbury, but I loved that video above.

I bought the first Southern Death Cult single when it came out (Other stories around their first London gig are available)

His American accent grated but wiki says he's from Canada until age 11, I always thought he was from Bradford.

He's an excellent frontman and did a decent job of Jim Morrison. Billy is ace. Arena gigs aren't my thing though.

hollywoodrox

viz said:

Saw them last year at Cambridge - they were awesome. I LOVE the Cult. Didn't do anything off Southern Death Cult or Dreamtime eras though, unfortunately. 

Don’t they usually do Spiritwalker ?

hollywoodrox

From what I’ve seen on YouTube they’re still bloody awesome ,long time fan from 85

Grumpyrocker

This has got me going back over old videos. Man Billy was cool as fuck in those late 80s vids with the long hair and Les Paul. The sort of rock star I wanted to be back then. And he's from the best city too!