NOTE: The Cult performs three times during SXSW in Austin this week. Two of the three shows are free to the public. Info below. The band is promoting its upcoming new album, “Choice of Weapon,” due May 22. By Metal Dave If there’s common ground between an intellectual and a rock star, the stereotype would [...]
Posts Tagged ‘the cult’
Interview: Cult singer Ian Astbury aims new ‘Weapon’ at SXSW; talks then, now, beyond
Posted: 15th March 2012 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: Choice of Weapon, Ian Astbury interview, SXSW 2012, the cult
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Interview Rewind: Cult Guitarist Billy Duffy
Posted: 9th March 2012 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: Billy Duffy interview, Guns N' Roses early tour, SXSW 2012, SXSW free shows, the cult
NOTE: The Cult makes its 2012 concert debut at SXSW in Austin next week. Two of the three shows are free to the public. Info below. The band is promoting its upcoming new album, “Choice of Weapon,” due May 22. By Metal Dave For a band that rose to prominence in the heyday of poodle-boy [...]
The Cult: Ian Astbury talks new album, GN’R, the Doors & more on eve of 2012 SXSW gigs
Posted: 6th March 2012 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: Choice of Weapon, guns n' roses, Ian Astbury interview, SXSW 2012, SXSW free shows, the cult
NOTE: This article originally published in the Austin American-Statesman, March 6, 2012 SXSW PREVIEW: THE CULT RETURNS WITH NEW RECORD, ‘STILL INQUISITIVE, STILL PASSIONATE’ By David Glessner Special to the American-Statesman When you run with wolves and jackals, you get wise to the ways of survival. Just ask Ian Astbury, singer for the Cult. Reached [...]
Yakking with Dangerous Toys’ Scott Dalhover
Posted: 26th November 2011 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: alcatrazz, alice cooper, dangerous toys, judas priest, kiss, motorhead, ozzy, scott dalhover, the cult, van halen
LINE ‘EM UP: Austin hard rock heroes Dangerous Toys reunite for their annual gig at Red Eyed Fly, Saturday Dec. 3. This 1990 photo features, from left to right, drummer Mark Geary, guitarist Danny Aaron, singer Jason McMaster, guitarist Scott Dalhover and bassist Mike Watson. Danny left the band in 1992 following the Toys’ sophomore album, [...]
Shooting smack with Slash (talk, not drugs)
Posted: 26th January 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: austin, Axl Rose, Back Room, guns n' roses, Iggy Pop, Slash, Slash's Blues Ball, Snakepit, the cult
It seems I went through a Rob Zombie/Phil Anselmo phase in 1997 as evidenced by this photo of me and my beard hanging out with Slash. The photo was taken by my good friend Houston Ritcheson behind Austin’s now-defunct Back Room music venue when Mr. Top Hat was touring with his post Guns N’Roses/Snakepit cover [...]
Yakking with …. D’Toys bassist Mike Watson
Posted: 28th November 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: alice cooper, bonsai, dangerous toy, faster pussycat, hammersmith odeon, jason mcmaster, judas priest, mike watson, motorhead, red eyed fly, sex pistols, steve jones, the cult
ABOVE: Ten Boots Stompin: Dangerous Toys in 1989 with Watson far right. It seems a lifetime of rock’n’roll has turned Mike Watson into a stark, raving – miniature tree enthusiast! Say wha? It’s true, but more on that later. More pressing is welcome news that Watson and his hard-rocking Dangerous Toys are reuniting Dec. 4 to [...]