The Aquarian Weekly » the cult http://www.theaquarian.com New Jersey's Oldest Music Alt-Weekly Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Cult @ The Wellmont http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/01/the-cult-the-wellmont/ http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/01/the-cult-the-wellmont/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:25:26 +0000 Cristina Jimenez http://www.theaquarian.com/?p=17679 MONTCLAIR, NJ—I remember first buying the album Love by The Cult.  It wasn’t 1985, but I probably did have too much hairspray and eyeliner on at the time.  I knew a couple of their hits and liked Ian Astbury’s ruffled shirts, so I figured it’d be a good filler record to have in my collection.  Instead of lumping it with the rest of the fillers that made few trips to my turntable, it ended up getting listened to repeatedly.  So when I saw that The Cult was playing their entire Love album at The Wellmont Theatre, I was curious to…

]]> http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/01/the-cult-the-wellmont/feed/ 0 Extended Interview with Ian Astbury of The Cult http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/11/05/interview-ian-astbury-the-cult-extended/ http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/11/05/interview-ian-astbury-the-cult-extended/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:27 +0000 Andrea Seastrand http://www.theaquarian.com/?p=16366

We ran an interview with Ian Asbury of the Cult about a month ago which was edited down heavily to fit the constraints of print as he and writer Andrea Seastrand talked for what must have been over an hour about, well, everything. As The Cult’s coming back around to Montclair’s Wellmont Theatre this coming Tuesday, Nov. 10, we figured we’d use that as an excuse to print the talk here in its entirety.

I recommend getting a cup of tea now before you sit down with this.

Formed in 1983, The Cult gained popularity over the decade…

]]> http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/11/05/interview-ian-astbury-the-cult-extended/feed/ 1 The Cult: Interview with Ian Astbury: Cult Culture http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/09/09/the-cult-interview-with-ian-astbury-cult-culture/ http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/09/09/the-cult-interview-with-ian-astbury-cult-culture/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:30:50 +0000 Andrea Seastrand http://www.theaquarian.com/?p=14665 Formed in 1983, The Cult gained popularity over the decade with prolific songwriting and successful albums like Love (1985), Electric (1986), and Sonic Temple (1988). Chart-climbing hits such as “She Sells Sanctuary” and Sonic Temple’s “Fire Woman” kept the young band on a steady touring schedule. Now, over two decades since its release, vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy have taken Love on the road again, playing the album from start to finish both here and abroad. In a recent interview that delightfully outgrew the typical Q & A format, Astbury spoke with me about the band’s tour, his…

]]> http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/09/09/the-cult-interview-with-ian-astbury-cult-culture/feed/ 6 The Cult @ Irving Plaza http://www.theaquarian.com/2006/12/06/the-cult-irving-plaza/ http://www.theaquarian.com/2006/12/06/the-cult-irving-plaza/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:00:00 +0000 Cathy A. Campagna http://www.theaquarian.com/aq/2006/12/06/the-cult-irving-plaza/ Ian Astbury in a fur hat, certainly having earned the right to deem what passes for cool in rock, comes out to introduce his friend Kostas Seremetis’ new film entitled Resistance. It was greeted with mixed reviews, but you have to respect the fact that The Cult are embracing the multimedia age. This concert event itself was even accessible via simulcast through livenation.com

The five-piece scorched the stage with a surface that Ian proclaimed to be like skating on black ice. However, like a champion the chiseled powerhouse persevered in style, with tambourine smashing and dancing that surely caused the heavy downpour…

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