Thank you so much for posting but both "Heavenly Bodies" (1993) and VII (1997) are the first 2 albums created by JA and his GLJ. Thus it is not " their" albums but JA's albums! Thank you!
To the dude with the Mongo comment, one thing that is probably a fact is while some of those bros were pushing mongo you were probably still squealing inside your dad's nut sack..
It's a good point because progression happened much more slowly back then. You don't see that with the top pro and am footage then but in the general population of skaters the context was all different.
Loved the Cult past tense , Ian needs a major overhaul I think the Cult is representative of a group that wasted golden opportunities multiple times thanks to Ian, sadly the Cult realized their potential long after their popularity had eroded and they now seem desperate to breathe life into a fire that's long dead but for the nostalgia. The Cult is like a chicken with it's head cut off the feet are still kicking but it's already dead RIP
True dat. Ian sabotaged increased global success multiple times...deep-down he didn't really want megastardom. I kinda think it was a good decision for him personally.
Y'know...I have to wonder if the Cult didn't strike out with Rick Rubin producing the Electric album. This version of Love Removal Machine is signature Cult: lingering, haunting almost, riffs by Billy Duffy, driving bass lines by Jamie Stewart, that machine-perfect drumming by Mondo (Ray Taylor-Smith), and Ian's soaring vocals. Rubin's production of Electric really did introduce the Cult to the American music scene, but at the cost of the soundscapes that made the Cult who they were in Love. Sonic Temple was and is a fantastic album and what the Cult desperately needed to approach super-stardom (they never got there), but what if this demo version had been the pattern for Electric? Unfortunately, we'll never know.
This gave me chills. Jimi is rightly considered the best guitarist ever, but that does not take away from Pete Townshend's and The Who's influence as one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
On the day jimi was definitely going on after THE DEAD. They were seen as being the 2 coolest bands so they were ending the show prior to the mamas and papas grand finale. The who most definitely were not!
This isn't the story Townshend told in the 70's, wherein there was an argument between him and Hendrix as to who was to go on first. He's also mixed up at the end of this version.
Apparently they didn't want to make Love part 2. In retrospect, I think you and I agree that maybe they should have. When Electric came out, I was deeply underwhelmed. I liked Dreamtime, I like Love, and I tolerated Electric. But Sonic Temple brought me back :)
It's a shame that the interviewer didn't delve into the ideas behind the band. However, this is still excellent and a great document of the Cult's early years. Thank you!
Pete Townshend does not typically give accolades easily, so his favorable view of Jimi Hendrix carries some weight. Hendrix was the greatest performer of his time, doing things sonically that no one had done previously and still a mystery today. And, while Pete acknowledges that Jimi had playing ability that he himself did not have, I can't see Hendrix pulling off what Pete did with The Who. Try corralling Keith Moon and John Entwistle. Not sure Jimi could have done that. Pete's guitar work on Live at Leeds should be a thesis work on the "angry guitar".
I was 12 going on 13 when I saw Jimi live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Found the original concert poster online and had a t-shirt made. All these years later I can still remember that show😱
