Ian Astbury Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/ian-astbury/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Ian Astbury Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/ian-astbury/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite 617 Q&A recommendations https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-617-qa-recommendations/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:32:24 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042795 One of the best parts of the 617 Q&A series (Six Questions; One Recommendation; Seven Somethings) is the one recommendation portion. Typically, if we haven’t flipped them already with our somewhat standard interview portion, it’s when the artist really comes alive and often provides some deeper insight into what they’re buzzing about off the stage as we ask them to tell us what they’ve been into recently that isn’t their current project. Over the years, we’ve had some doozies, from […]

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]]> 617 Q&A: Ian Astbury on goth romanticism, enlightenment, and a Death Cult revival https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/10/617-qa-ian-astbury-on-goth-romanticism-enlightenment-and-a-death-cult-revival/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:50:42 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042466 Before there was The Cult, there was Death Cult, a darker, more gothic iteration of the group that would later become known for hits like “She Sells Sanctuary,” “Fire Woman,” and “Love Removal Machine.” And while a shadowy side existed to the modern version through the years, no matter what musical path they ventured down, it was still surprising when core members Ian Astbury (vocals) and Billy Duffy (guitar) announced in 2023 that they would be doing a very limited […]

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]]> 617 Q&A: The Cult’s Ian Astbury on 30 years of ‘Sonic Temple’, making nice with Dave Grohl, and all things sonic https://vanyaland.com/2019/12/11/interview-the-cults-ian-astbury-on-30-years-of-sonic-temple-making-nice-with-dave-grohl-and-all-things-sonic/ Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:08:44 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10016590 Though it was released during the peak of late-’80s glam metal, The Cult’s 1989 album Sonic Temple was hardly reminiscent of anything else their so-called contemporaries in hard rock were doing at the time. Sure, the band may have echoed the fashion of the era, but the music was a different story, fusing the best elements of their 1985 post-punk/gothic-rock masterpiece Love with the AC/DC-styled big rock on 1987’s Electric. The result was their best-selling and highest-charting LP both here […]

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]]> 617: Billy Duffy of The Cult on trilogies, giving Guns N’ Roses a drummer, and why Boston is the most British of American cities https://vanyaland.com/2016/04/04/617-cults-billy-duffy-talks-guns-n-roses-reunion-benefits-drinking-water-whats-wrong-manchester-citys-football-club/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:07:16 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=130989 By: Michael Christopher
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]]> For the Animals: The Cult announce ‘Alive in the Hidden City’ tour, Boston date https://vanyaland.com/2016/01/12/for-the-animals-the-cult-announce-alive-in-the-hidden-city-tour-boston-date/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:41:02 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=126679 By: Michael Christopher

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]]> Interview: The Cult’s Billy Duffy talks soccer, rock and roll memoirs and avoiding the nostalgia act https://vanyaland.com/2014/08/11/interview-billy-duffy-talks-soccer-rock-roll-memoirs-new-cult-record/ https://vanyaland.com/2014/08/11/interview-billy-duffy-talks-soccer-rock-roll-memoirs-new-cult-record/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:58:19 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=84882 [dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince reuniting in 2006, The Cult have arguably been at their best. Co-founders Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy are joined by Chris Wyse on bass and John Tempesta on drums for what has turned out to be the longest consistent lineup. Touring has been nearly nonstop, with recent years seeing the landmark albums Love and Electric played in their respective entirety, punctuated by a well-received new release, 2012’s Choice of Weapon. The band is back in town Wednesday to […]

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]]> https://vanyaland.com/2014/08/11/interview-billy-duffy-talks-soccer-rock-roll-memoirs-new-cult-record/feed/ 1 Interview: The Cult’s Ian Astbury on touring ‘Electric’, the plague of cell phones at concerts, and why NYC band Cults should get a new name https://vanyaland.com/2013/08/22/interview-the-cults-ian-astbury-on-touring-electric-the-plague-of-cell-phones-at-concerts-and-why-nyc-band-cults-should-get-a-new-name/ https://vanyaland.com/2013/08/22/interview-the-cults-ian-astbury-on-touring-electric-the-plague-of-cell-phones-at-concerts-and-why-nyc-band-cults-should-get-a-new-name/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:39:25 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=23337 By: Michael Christopher

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