The Cult Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/the-cult/ 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 The Cult Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/the-cult/ 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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]]> Band in the USA: The Cult unveil summer tour with BRMC and Zola Jesus https://vanyaland.com/2022/05/10/band-in-the-usa-the-cult-unveil-summer-tour-with-brmc-and-zola-jesus/ Tue, 10 May 2022 15:12:27 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10030310 When we were teenagers, back in the days before the internet, one of the things we loved to do every spring was grab a newspaper or an alt-weekly and check out all the summer tour packages that were coming to town over the next few months. There was a real thrill in first seeing cool bands grouped together by tour, then checking the date and venue info and immediately making mental plans to absolutely not miss that show when it […]

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]]> V7: 7 revealing things artists have said in Vanyaland interviews https://vanyaland.com/2020/05/15/v7-7-things-we-cant-believe-people-said-in-vanyaland-interviews/ Fri, 15 May 2020 19:46:56 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10021017 Editor’s Note: Welcome to V7, an all-day series on May 15, 2020 that celebrates Vanyaland’s 7th anniversary. We launched back on May 15, 2013 with a brand new publication and a livestream (yeah, before it was cool), and to celebrate the day, Vanyaland’s editors, senior writers, and publisher have offered up their own personal favorites from the world of music, film, and comedy. Below is a contribution from Senior Writer Michael Christopher. *** Seven months after the May 2013 launch of […]

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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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]]> The Revolution 3 Tour delivers The Cult, Bush, and Stone Temple Pilots https://vanyaland.com/2018/04/02/the-revolution-3-tour-delivers-the-cult-bush-and-stone-temple-pilots/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:45:08 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=176076 Remember that time in middle school you made a mix CD and put on it a bunch of rad ’90s alt-rock bands like Bush and Stone Temple Pilots but then you added a song by The Cult to show your classmates you fucking meant business? Well, do we have the tour for you. It’s called The Revolution 3 Tour and it delivers Bush, Stone Temple Pilots (with new singer Jeff Gutt) and The Cult to 20 unsuspecting cities and towns […]

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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
Photo by: Tim Cadiente

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]]> Exclusive: Guns N’ Roses tour to expand beyond America, the Cult to open select dates https://vanyaland.com/2016/03/31/guns-and-roses-tour-expand-beyond-north-america-with-the-cult/ Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:59:20 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=130829 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: Ghost Box Orchestra drummer Martin Rex, author of ‘High Turnover at the Cult of Cults’ https://vanyaland.com/2015/12/16/interview-ghost-box-orchestra-drummer-martin-rex-author-of-high-turnover-at-the-cult-of-cults/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:58:31 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=125308 Words by: Michael Marotta
Photo by: Christopher Sargent

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