He is such a humble soul and seems very approachable! I love that about him and the fact he and Billy were unafraid of experimenting with different music genres. Always fresh, Always new and yet unmistakably the Cult! Ian's voice is unique and still very strong. I will always love the Cult! Would love to meet him and Billy some day ❤❤
I was his sound engineer in Texas when he was the Holy Barbarians. Great guy, very likable and charming. A truly good soul. Would love to see him again. Peace Ian. Mr. Soundman
Ian Next time you're in Houston Maybe we can hang out again. Here's my bands email. lovelacebro@gmail.com "It's not the hair that makes the man it's what's inside."
@@billylovelacejr I've always wanted to meet someone that I might be star struck over. I just don't think if I met famous actors, sports stars, whatever famous people do for a living that most people say they would love to meet just don't appeal to me. Not that I'm a prick or high and mighty and think I'm above everyone like some people have accused me of being. It's just that were all humans and because some are in the spotlight more than others I don't understand the appeal of meeting people and going gah gah over them solely because there famous or on tv and that's it. Nothing about their character, nothing about their beliefs, nothing about what their passionate about, nothing about their interests or great things they do for others because they have been blessed and fortunate and do what they can to give back to the less fortunate. No. None of these things, which to me would be the attractive characters I would look for in a famous actor, or athlete.... .........Auhh .......I've lost my place here............OH YEAH!! Ian Asbury is the only person that I would like to meet. I probably would be starstruck because....well you know?...right?........He's a part of the best band that ever existed and his powerful unique voice MESS YOU UP!!..THE CULT....THE CULT MAN!!!! I MEAN PLEASE!!!!! So for all you want a be bands out there TAKE HEED TO WHAT IS SAID!! YOU CAN TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THE MAESTRO !!!!!! OR WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD !!!!!!! GET EM!!!! KILL EM!!!!!! THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO TO ALL YOU LITTLE BANDS IF I WERE THERE!!!! I'D PUT MY DOG ON Yuns! 😉♥️👍
I live in Arlington, Texas. I am absolutely sure that Ian is a wonderful man. I wish I could have the opportunity to meet him, but in reality I know that will never happen. I can only dream.
I like the way that he is not a parody of Jim Morrison but a continuation of his work brought to the alternative music. The Cult is juste one underrated band.
This is my spirit animal! I know there's hundreds out there but this man is so underrated it's not even funny! I mean come on who does not absolutely nod their head when listening to Love Removal Machine?! Check him out when he did the doors stuff as well! This is one of my party favorites forever!!!!
He's interesting - feeling it for someone like this who's developed his talent along with his band, and the hip hop thing with little musical talent takes over.
I hadn't listened to the Cult since around 2003'ish...not because I stopped liking them; my musical tastes changed as I started to get into other bands and, for some reason, over the last 20 years I really never revisited their catalog. That is, until just a few nights ago. I put on Love (the album) and I was instantly reminded why I loved them so much back in the day. Now I can't stop listening to the Cult and watching interviews with Astbury/Duffy. I also wasn't aware they had put out 3 albums after Beyond Good and Evil. I've got a lot of the Cult to catch up on! Side note: it's too bad they pretty much ignore their 1994 self-titled album. I know it was pretty much an Ian Astbury project, but goddamn, it's such a great album. In fact, it's my 2nd favorite Cult record after Love (although Sonic Temple is right up there). I love how stripped-down and raw it is, and how personal the lyrics are.
No need to slow down at all. I saw GnR back in 1993 (or 4) and Axl was so terrible that my friends made me leave after about 7 songs. His voice was shot, and it became common knowledge, during the 90's, that you were lucky if you caught GnR when his voice wasn't shot, because he screamed himself into laryngitis regularly. Also, he handled the crowd reaction like a spoiled primadonna. The opening act, Skid Row, was fantastic. I've never been an active fan of Skid Row, but they sounded amazing in that big venue (Birmingham Racetrack) and when the crowd threw firecrackers at Sebastian, he stood up to the idiots who did it, challenging them to meet him out back after if they had a problem, and he got the entire crowd on his side cheering as they hauled off the perps. When more idiots through stuff at Axl (for sucking mind you) he cried like a baby and left the stage so that they had to perform songs without a lead singer. Didn't come back for 3 songs. Then left AGAIN! it was TERRIBLE. Turned out that Skid Row seriously outshined GnR that day, to the disappointment of 10's of thousands of paying audience members, most of whom turned and left the stadium. Axl is not qualified to be the high water mark for front men. Not even close.
💜 I will always remember being at the CONCERT Up Front and IAN, came OUT!! And LOUD AS EVER YELLS!! "THIS PLACE IS A 'SHIT HOLE' LOL " BUT ITS GOT!!' ✨ "SOUL"!!! ✨ ✨WHAT! AN✨ ✨AMAZING ✨ ✨ NIGHT TOO✨ 💜THE CULT 💜 ✨FOREVER ✨
I saw a pic of Ian walking a NY street from ancient wearing snakes on his feet with tromp heel and he can be saved . Bring your journey . Love for Jesus !
It's such a shame Jesus can't teach you spelling, grammar and punctuation; basic tenets of life. Ah well, maybe try Santa Claus for inspiration... I'm sure he existed too!
I Love IAN !!! I WAS 22 when I found this band hahah because my teacher have a confernece and his material power point has a song intro I ask him the name of that music ahhahha :) I don't remember conference but music i love it since that time.
I love you Ian. Loved you in the Cult. I watched you twice at Wembley. You are the best at my idol Jim Morrison. Is there any chance you would just say hello to me. I adore you
To me raw music is truth. Living in the musical moments and the process between inspiration and performance are out of the way leaving more of the original emotion raw
He claims that he wasn't trying to mimic Jim Morrison or go for a pastiche kind of thing, but having just watched a video of him play with the Doors; I have to thoroughly disagree there. Not only does he sing exactly like Morrison, he is also styled himself to look exactly like Morrison did. Don't get me wrong, he pulled it off and did a great job, but I do think he loses himself in a muddle of pretentiousness during that part of this interview. Sorry Ian!
Love doors ..but 2 vocalists who get compared to jim but av actually got better range than jim did fact ..that 2 r ian astbury and glenn danzig ..danzig more so his range on early danzig and samhain is way past jim ...
He's great on record but I've yet to hear a great live performance from him. The Cult is a great band, Billy Duffy is really good. Ian did a great job fronting the Doors.
I think he should run for President of the USA. He could bring a great harmony into this Country. He could end a lot of the greed and hatred, things that I feel are killing our world. Ian has a great heart and a kindred soul.
Ian has always tried so hard to work out what The Cult should BE instead of just honestly writing good songs. I love this band but they are still often pretentious and reaching. In their best moments they let loose and trust instinct, maybe with age and experience they are learning that. It's kind of a return to the beginning of creative innocence all bands seem to begin with.
Ian spent a number of years, I think about six years from ages 11-18?, in Canada, when his family moved there in 1973 according to Wikipedia and, from reading his bio over the years.
i like the Cult but i think modern music formatting is realy poor. new releases have no excitement or value anymore. good luck to them but im grateful to remember when records meant something
And here's a follow-up to my story and I had no intentions of hanging out with the cat I thought it was going to be the typical stereotype Rockstar he's going to be the pompous arrogant typical Rockstar personality that I have to deal with from time to time more than often but he was exactly the opposite and that's what intrigued me and that's why I like the man I think we think alike we have basically the same wants and needs and the same desires and you know I think we would be great friends be partners doing shit together and stuff and hanging out because we like each no other reason than that and I can say honestly I tried to make my encounter with him minimal I thought he was going to come in and tell me how I'm doing everything wrong but it wasn't like that at all he he said I was doing good he said he liked what I did and he admired what I did and I respected him for that and it and that's why we were friends because he treated me with respect like an equal
And I would love to chat with him again sometime go out and do the old things like we did before have some fun and Ian you know what real fun is my brother
And it's no special gift or no special quality to treat someone with respect this is what you do that's how you conduct your life everyday and if you're not you need to change your ways we should always see each other as equals and give each other respect
And the truth be known that very few people can enjoy life On My Level because I am adventurous taking every opportunity that comes my way you know I like to live life George Carlin said it best life's not measured by how many breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away and I believe that and he does too
We dont care about your conceptual marketing strategy..........come on dude.......face it ELECTRIC was the best album and what made it great was that it was American Biker Rock (as good I think better than Appetite for Destruction) not all of this intellectual conceptual crap.
I am so glad Ian and The Cult are still going in 2022. He is still wonderful.
❤❤
He is such a humble soul and seems very approachable! I love that about him and the fact he and Billy were unafraid of experimenting with different music genres. Always fresh, Always new and yet unmistakably the Cult! Ian's voice is unique and still very strong. I will always love the Cult! Would love to meet him and Billy some day ❤❤
Yeah, agreed, hope to meet 😊
I was his sound engineer in Texas when he was the Holy Barbarians. Great guy, very likable and charming. A truly good soul. Would love to see him again.
Peace Ian.
Mr. Soundman
Ian Next time you're in Houston Maybe we can hang out again. Here's my bands email. lovelacebro@gmail.com
"It's not the hair that makes the man it's what's inside."
bljr33@gmail.com TheLovelaceBrothers Channel
@@billylovelacejr I've always wanted to meet someone that I might be star struck over. I just don't think if I met famous actors, sports stars, whatever famous people do for a living that most people say they would love to meet just don't appeal to me. Not that I'm a prick or high and mighty and think I'm above everyone like some people have accused me of being. It's just that were all humans and because some are in the spotlight more than others I don't understand the appeal of meeting people and going gah gah over them solely because there famous or on tv and that's it. Nothing about their character, nothing about their beliefs, nothing about what their passionate about, nothing about their interests or great things they do for others because they have been blessed and fortunate and do what they can to give back to the less fortunate. No. None of these things, which to me would be the attractive characters I would look for in a famous actor, or athlete.... .........Auhh .......I've lost my place here............OH YEAH!! Ian Asbury is the only person that I would like to meet. I probably would be starstruck because....well you know?...right?........He's a part of the best band that ever existed and his powerful unique voice MESS YOU UP!!..THE CULT....THE CULT MAN!!!! I MEAN PLEASE!!!!! So for all you want a be bands out there TAKE HEED TO WHAT IS SAID!! YOU CAN TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THE MAESTRO !!!!!! OR WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD !!!!!!! GET EM!!!! KILL EM!!!!!! THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO TO ALL YOU LITTLE BANDS IF I WERE THERE!!!! I'D PUT MY DOG ON Yuns! 😉♥️👍
@@cowboymouth6429 well said. I couldn't agree with you more.
I live in Arlington, Texas. I am absolutely sure that Ian is a wonderful man. I wish I could have the opportunity to meet him, but in reality I know that will never happen. I can only dream.
The man, the myth, the legend. Love that he expresses so much respect for artists of all kinds. Rock on brother wolf!
Yeh!
AGREE
Humble, down to earth, sexy and REAL! Love Ian from the bottom of my heart! 30 years and counting ❤ ♥
Great interview. From those intelligent answers you can tell he's a true musician who really understands his craft.
Wow, brilliant guy...very well articulated. Ian Astbury is one of the greatest front men in the history of Rock, as well.
What a great front man. The Cult is a in your face rock n roll band. If you don't like them, you don't understand Rock N Roll!
Nuff said brother-nothing left to add!!!!
i finally got into them after so much curiosity and skimming through a few songs. nirvana is a badass song
sgrate Amen 🕯
I love the Electric album, so I understand rock. Their recent albums suck.
@@dyr234 Nirvana is my favorite song ever, of any artist.
Ian is a person of superb intellect and touching wit and sentiment. Great upload Matt, many thanks.
He has aged very well! What an authentic and genuinely nice guy he seems to be.
What a voice, so unique!!!
Legendary band listened for decades without decay, still fresh & relevant 2021, Respect to The Cult ✌️🌍🙏
❤💖💓💗
We love you man!
Fantastic interview given by Ian Astbury. Comes across really articulately and pointedly. Great album by the Cult too-very mature.
I like the way that he is not a parody of Jim Morrison but a continuation of his work brought to the alternative music. The Cult is juste one underrated band.
One of the best bands ever.. in my top two for sure..!!
True rock n roll icon and member of the best band of their era.
Such an extremely intelligent man....All his interviews are intelligent......This NY girl still think your music is awesome ✌❤🌎🇺🇸🌠
Absolutely the best on stage and still hot as hell. Damn
he's still a hunni after all these years,I danced around a bonfire to Rain when I was 13,absolutely loved him 😘😘
Legendary rock!! Kick ass concert!❤️❤️❤️
An insightful man.
Love the five questions.
I love this man. I love the Cults
Very well spoken
We love the colt please keep 🙏 making music 🎶as long as you can peace love you guys
This is my spirit animal! I know there's hundreds out there but this man is so underrated it's not even funny! I mean come on who does not absolutely nod their head when listening to Love Removal Machine?! Check him out when he did the doors stuff as well! This is one of my party favorites forever!!!!
Love this track! One of my all-time favourite Cult songs! Zap City is another favourite! Kind of obscure? But brilliant! 💖💖
I could listen to his sexy voice all night...not only sexy but very deep, and smart. Ian Astbury for president!!!!!!!
Have LOVED Ian and the Cult from their inception! Ian is a legend! His knowledge of music is amazing.
first band i ever se live, blew me away.....
Young and older, he's one delicious looking man !
Love this guy, and Billy Duffy. Since 86. Saw em live finally in Adelaide 2010. Rock on for years to come guys. Like Lemmy !!!
Love. Ian... 35anos de puro amor eterno a ti.. E a banda the Cult.... LOVE IAN. FOREVER...
what a sweet and intelligent man, and so deep, besides being so powerful on stage!
So much Electricity from The Cult! Thoroughbreds!
What a great artist, and cool interview. Glad I found this :)
Thanks so much!!!
He's interesting - feeling it for someone like this who's developed his talent along with his band, and the hip hop thing
with little musical talent takes over.
I hadn't listened to the Cult since around 2003'ish...not because I stopped liking them; my musical tastes changed as I started to get into other bands and, for some reason, over the last 20 years I really never revisited their catalog. That is, until just a few nights ago. I put on Love (the album) and I was instantly reminded why I loved them so much back in the day. Now I can't stop listening to the Cult and watching interviews with Astbury/Duffy. I also wasn't aware they had put out 3 albums after Beyond Good and Evil. I've got a lot of the Cult to catch up on!
Side note: it's too bad they pretty much ignore their 1994 self-titled album. I know it was pretty much an Ian Astbury project, but goddamn, it's such a great album. In fact, it's my 2nd favorite Cult record after Love (although Sonic Temple is right up there). I love how stripped-down and raw it is, and how personal the lyrics are.
Thank you!!
The witch the cult,rocks so fucking hard and smooth man these guys know wtf there doing,yes come to pa,I'm gonna learn that song fucking rocks
Best band I've EVER seen live. I've seen quite a few.
A very personable chap. And a real rock n roller.
The best front man
Without a doubt!
Best front man since Daltry...better than Axl.
whoah........... lets slow our roll here, Axl Rose on his game was up there with Plant, Astbury is realllllllly good, agreed, but not on Axl's level
No need to slow down at all. I saw GnR back in 1993 (or 4) and Axl was so terrible that my friends made me leave after about 7 songs. His voice was shot, and it became common knowledge, during the 90's, that you were lucky if you caught GnR when his voice wasn't shot, because he screamed himself into laryngitis regularly. Also, he handled the crowd reaction like a spoiled primadonna. The opening act, Skid Row, was fantastic. I've never been an active fan of Skid Row, but they sounded amazing in that big venue (Birmingham Racetrack) and when the crowd threw firecrackers at Sebastian, he stood up to the idiots who did it, challenging them to meet him out back after if they had a problem, and he got the entire crowd on his side cheering as they hauled off the perps. When more idiots through stuff at Axl (for sucking mind you) he cried like a baby and left the stage so that they had to perform songs without a lead singer. Didn't come back for 3 songs. Then left AGAIN! it was TERRIBLE. Turned out that Skid Row seriously outshined GnR that day, to the disappointment of 10's of thousands of paying audience members, most of whom turned and left the stadium. Axl is not qualified to be the high water mark for front men. Not even close.
Frame 313 AXL ROSE IS A TOOL. Ian Ashbury is a genius. Always been on a higher level than Ask Rose.
Thank you so so so mucha Ian.....
💜 I will always remember being at the CONCERT Up Front and IAN, came OUT!!
And LOUD AS EVER YELLS!!
"THIS PLACE IS A
'SHIT HOLE' LOL
" BUT ITS GOT!!'
✨ "SOUL"!!! ✨
✨WHAT! AN✨
✨AMAZING ✨
✨ NIGHT TOO✨
💜THE CULT 💜
✨FOREVER ✨
💜
✨🎶CHEERS🎶✨
🌺Julie 🌺
Love to hear Ian talk about music he talks about Jim morrison i realy like ian he is so sensitive and deep ❤️
you have been my hero for decades....
Great interview!!
Thank you!!
Sweet soul brother ian
Love
Hmm, Ian looks so much younger here than he does from a video of him I just saw recently. He practically looks like Michael Hutchens in the 80s here.
more like Hutchence "Elegantly wasted" era, shortly before he died. may be the black dyed hair
Agree
Yes he does kind of look like Michael. How I miss INXS!
He does
Looks fantastic for his age.
Only that he doesn't look like himself but like an aging Michael Hutchence. Crazy!
When someone says you look good for your age it means your looking old.
Brilliant!
Thanks love
What a smart talented sexy man!!!!!!!
1:03 Ian's take on the rock industry here is kinda sounding like U2's Bono back in the 90s.
🎸🎸🎸👍👍THE CULT !!!!!!!!!!!! THERE'S ONLY 1 !!!!!💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
THE MAN!!
the last album is really fucking amazing with great f... songs, mirror, under the...give me mercy, knife... ho my god love it
I Love You ian
Ian is an anomaly. A creative introvert. X
I saw a pic of Ian walking a NY street from ancient wearing snakes on his feet with tromp heel and he can be saved . Bring your journey . Love for Jesus !
Get your Jesus shit off my video!
It's such a shame Jesus can't teach you spelling, grammar and punctuation; basic tenets of life. Ah well, maybe try Santa Claus for inspiration... I'm sure he existed too!
No, let the idiots speak.
I Love IAN !!! I WAS 22 when I found this band hahah because my teacher have a confernece and his material power point has a song intro I ask him the name of that music ahhahha :) I don't remember conference but music i love it since that time.
if space aliens landed and asked what is rock n roll? give them a copy of the cult's electric. that'll show em...
Kick Ass! 🎸
I love you Ian. Loved you in the Cult. I watched you twice at Wembley. You are the best at my idol Jim Morrison. Is there any chance you would just say hello to me. I adore you
Penny Grimes
Hi. It's Ian here. I am the best at doing Jim Morrison. I agree
Scotty Nguyen's 80s Mullet hehe
A genius! ....from Gypsywoman.
💜
🌺✨FOREVER✨🌺
the hot mic should have been on Ian instead of the interviewer, but otherwise awesome upload
There are times I see him on stage and think "Is that Ian or Jim Morrison?"
Most interesting part for me? Most proud song (Recently) Life is greater than death. Churr :)
We should keep it simple. Yes there have been comparisons to Morrison but
Cool
To me raw music is truth. Living in the musical moments and the process between inspiration and performance are out of the way leaving more of the original emotion raw
nossa beck beck vc e linda , ian e muito masssa
💜 The CULT!!
Are ABSOLUTELY Amazing to SEE PLAY LIVE THEY JUST
✨ROCNROLL!✨
🌺✨🌺✨🌺✨
✨ All NIGHT LONG✨
He claims that he wasn't trying to mimic Jim Morrison or go for a pastiche kind of thing, but having just watched a video of him play with the Doors; I have to thoroughly disagree there. Not only does he sing exactly like Morrison, he is also styled himself to look exactly like Morrison did. Don't get me wrong, he pulled it off and did a great job, but I do think he loses himself in a muddle of pretentiousness during that part of this interview. Sorry Ian!
Love doors ..but 2 vocalists who get compared to jim but av actually got better range than jim did fact ..that 2 r ian astbury and glenn danzig ..danzig more so his range on early danzig and samhain is way past jim ...
Are you very young?
Nuh uh.
#imigliori
He had me at "pastiche."
Wise Dude
God the 80's planet distant past.
He's great on record but I've yet to hear a great live performance from him. The Cult is a great band, Billy Duffy is really good. Ian did a great job fronting the Doors.
Well , you certainly missed a great gig at Bristol O2 on Sonic Temple 2019 tour ....Ian was on top form that night .
I have seen him live on numerous occasions and he never disappoints in fact I would go to say that a live performance from Ian is better than a record
You can hear the interviewer!!!! Would have been nice to be able to hear Ian!!!! WTF!!??!!
Ian Astbury should be granted honorary Canadian citizenship.
I think he should run for President of the USA. He could bring a great harmony into this Country. He could end a lot of the greed and hatred, things that I feel are killing our world. Ian has a great heart and a kindred soul.
Deborah Cooper damn right! Could you imagine America under Ian?
Deborah Cooper I'll drink to that!!
How do you feel about the loss of Joan Rivers ???
GOOD MUSIC IS GOOD MUSIC .YOUR ARGUMENT IS ...............................
Ian has always tried so hard to work out what The Cult should BE instead of just honestly writing good songs.
I love this band but they are still often pretentious and reaching. In their best moments they let loose and trust instinct, maybe with age and experience they are learning that. It's kind of a return to the beginning of creative innocence all bands seem to begin with.
Michael Hutchence lives
The interviewer sounds Canadian.
Becky Beck No doubt about it, eh?
+Becky Beck I sure am!
Ian spent a number of years, I think about six years from ages 11-18?, in Canada, when his family moved there in 1973 according to Wikipedia and, from reading his bio over the years.
Wat a sexy man omg
Sad to see the darkness decimating a strong band. It was and will never be again. ymmv
Greatm the interviewer's microphone sounds better than the artist's.
I know. I’m sorry. I wasn’t running sound that day
Huh? What's he saying? Can't hear him....
Also check out my much more in-depth interview with Ian on similar topics.
ua-cam.com/video/7gP1tkav7VY/v-deo.html
I';ve a few quests to ask
Abbath
indeed
🤣
i like the Cult but i think modern music formatting is realy poor. new releases have no excitement or value anymore. good luck to them but im grateful to remember when records meant something
Unfortunately there is nothing left of the real 80's cult. And the Southern Death Cult.
And here's a follow-up to my story and I had no intentions of hanging out with the cat I thought it was going to be the typical stereotype Rockstar he's going to be the pompous arrogant typical Rockstar personality that I have to deal with from time to time more than often but he was exactly the opposite and that's what intrigued me and that's why I like the man I think we think alike we have basically the same wants and needs and the same desires and you know I think we would be great friends be partners doing shit together and stuff and hanging out because we like each no other reason than that and I can say honestly I tried to make my encounter with him minimal I thought he was going to come in and tell me how I'm doing everything wrong but it wasn't like that at all he he said I was doing good he said he liked what I did and he admired what I did and I respected him for that and it and that's why we were friends because he treated me with respect like an equal
And I would love to chat with him again sometime go out and do the old things like we did before have some fun and Ian you know what real fun is my brother
And it's no special gift or no special quality to treat someone with respect this is what you do that's how you conduct your life everyday and if you're not you need to change your ways we should always see each other as equals and give each other respect
And the truth be known that very few people can enjoy life On My Level because I am adventurous taking every opportunity that comes my way you know I like to live life George Carlin said it best life's not measured by how many breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away and I believe that and he does too
Really glad he shaved that rheumy looking beard.
Can hear questions answers garbled
V
We dont care about your conceptual marketing strategy..........come on dude.......face it ELECTRIC was the best album and what made it great was that it was American Biker Rock (as good I think better than Appetite for Destruction) not all of this intellectual conceptual crap.
Dude... the mic levels. Just... no.
I know!
@@schichter Dude why are you yelling? Is that why your mic is so hot because your ears are shot?
I’m not yelling. The camera guy running sound didn’t have headphones and set the mic level wrong.