The Cult are an English
rock band, formed in 1983. The band gained a dedicated following in Britain with mid-1980s singles like "
She Sells Sanctuary" before breaking into the American metal market in the late '80s with "
Love Removal Machine". The band fuses a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism...of
The Doors, the guitar-orchestrations of
Led Zeppelin, and the three-chord crunch of
AC/DC, while adding touches of
post-punk goth rock".
Since their earliest form in
Bradford during
1981, the band has had various line-ups, and the longest serving members are vocalist
Ian Astbury and guitarist
Billy Duffy, the band's two songwriters.
After moving to
London, the band released the album
Love, which charted at #4 in the
United Kingdom, and which included singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary" and "
Rain". In the late 1980s, the band adopted a more
hard rock sound with
Electric, the single "Love Removal Machine", and the album
Sonic Temple, which enabled them to break into the
North American market. By the early 1990s, the band was fraying behind the scenes, due to
alcohol abuse and off-stage tensions, leading to a split-up in 1995.
[1] Between 1999 and 2002, the band reformed to record the album
Beyond Good and Evil,
and they reissued all of their albums in Asia and eastern Europe in
2003 and Japan in 2004. In 2006, the band reformed again to perform a
series of worldwide tours. In October 2007, the band released the album
Born into This, on the
Roadrunner Recordslabel. As of December 2008, The Cult are back in the studio and
currently writing new material for a ninth album release due for the
summer of 2009.
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