Mainstream success .281985.E2.80.931990.29 The Cult

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in may 1985, cult released fourth single, sells sanctuary , peaked @ no. 15 in uk , spent 23 weeks in top 100. song voted no. 18 in vh1 s indie 100. in june 1985, following increasingly erratic behaviour, preston fired band. big country s drummer mark brzezicki picked replace preston, , included in video sells sanctuary . cult recorded second album, love in july , august 1985. band s music , image shifted punk-oriented roots 1960s psychedelia influences. love chart success, peaking @ no. 4 in uk , selling 100,000 copies there towards total of 500,000 copies throughout europe, 100,000 in australia , 500,000 copies in united states. date, record has sold on 2 , half million copies worldwide.


from mid-1985 1986, band went on worldwide tour new drummer les warner (who had played julian lennon , johnny thunders). 2 more singles love album followed; rain (charting in uk @ no. 17) , revolution (charting in uk @ no. 30). neither charted in us. single, nirvana , issued in poland. album version of rain , remix (here comes the) rain , used in italian horror film dèmoni 2. once in england, band booked manor studios in oxfordshire, producer steve brown (who had produced love), , recorded on dozen new songs. band unhappy sound of new album, titled peace, , decided go new york producer rick rubin remix first single, love removal machine .


rubin agreed work band, if rerecorded song. rubin talked them rerecording entire album. band s record company, beggars banquet, displeased this, 2 months , £250,000 had been spent on record. however, after hearing initial new york recording, beggars banquet agreed proceed. first single, love removal machine , released in february 1987, , new version of album appeared in april same year, renamed electric, reaching no. 4 , outselling love. band toured kid chaos (also known haggis , kid ) on bass, stewart on rhythm guitar. 2 more singles, lil devil , wild flower , released during 1987. few tracks original peace album appeared on single versions of love removal machine , , lil devil . full peace album not released until 2000, when included disc 3 of rare cult box set.


in us, cult, consisting of astbury, duffy, stewart, warner , kid chaos, supported then-unknown guns n roses. band appeared @ roskilde festival in denmark in june 1987. when world tour wound through australia, band wrecked £30,000 worth of equipment, , result not tour japan, no company rent them new equipment. @ end of tour electric album had been certified gold in uk, , sold 3 million copies worldwide, band barely speaking each other then. haggis left band @ end of electric tour form 4 horsemen rubin s def american label. astbury , duffy fired warner , management team grant/edwards, , moved los angeles original bassist stewart. warner sued band several times firing, felt unpaid royalties due him performance on electric album, resulting in lengthy court battles. cult signed new management deal , wrote 21 new songs next record.


for next album, stewart returned playing bass, , john webster brought in play keyboards. band used chris taylor play drums during rehearsals , record demos, future kiss drummer eric singer performing during second demo recording sessions. cult recruited session-drummer mickey curry fill drumming role , aerosmith sound engineer, bob rock, produce. recorded in vancouver, british columbia, canada october december 1988, sonic temple record went top 10 in both uk , us, certified gold , platinum respectively. band went on tour in support of new album , new single fire woman (uk no. 15) (nz no. 1), yet new drummer, matt sorum, , webster keyboard player. next single, edie (ciao baby) (uk no. 25) has become regular song @ concerts many years.


in europe, band toured aerosmith, , in us, after releasing single sun king (uk no. 42), spent 1989 touring in support of metallica before heading out on own headlining tour later same year. fourth single, sweet soul sister (uk no. 38), released in february 1990, video having been filmed @ wembley arena, london, on 25 november 1989. sweet soul sister partially written in paris , inspired bohemian lifestyle of city. released single in february 1990, song hit in uk, , reportedly reached number 1 on rock charts in brazil. after playing show in atlanta, georgia, in february 1990, band s management told astbury father had died of cancer. result, remainder of tour cancelled after final leg of shows performed in april. after tour ended, band on verge of splitting due stewart retiring , moving canada wife, , sorum leaving join guns n roses.


in 1990, astbury organized gathering of tribes festival in los angeles , san francisco artists such soundgarden, ice-t, indigo girls, queen latifah, iggy pop, charlatans, cramps , public enemy appearing. two-day festival drew 40,000 people, , inspired lollapalooza, started in 1991. in 1990, ten cd box set released in uk, containing rare songs cult s singles. cds in box set issued picture discs rice paper covers, housed in white box called singles collection , or black box called e.p. collection 84 - 90 . in 1991, director oliver stone offered astbury role of jim morrison in stone s film doors. declined role because not happy way morrison represented in film, , role played val kilmer.








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