Electric is by far my favorite Cult album. Sonic Temple is great, but this is another level. I also think Ceremony isn't nearly as bad as its reputation, so what do I know?
Billy Duffy is an often forgotten-about guitarist, but he shouldn't be. He's a huge part of the Cult sound. That Gretsch White Falcon doesn't sound better in anyone else's hands.
Love Mr Duffy. One of my Favorite Guitarist. Didn’t know it at the time but Billy pays homage to my Guitar Hero Mick Ronson. Billy plays his “Woody” Les Paul just like Ronson played during David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Era & Ian Hunter Schizophrenic Album era. 2 Guitar Gods in my humble opinion
This is exactly what I don'r like as much in the majority of the 90's grunge bands etc. Love Cornell, Layne Stayley . The guitarists in those bands? Not so much. The Cult, Kings X, Living Colour all began in the 80's all.transformative, mesmerizing guitarists !!!
@@generoberts9151 besides Setzer and Duffy, you also have to remember Malcolm Young from AC/DC. He used a Gretsch White Falcon during the Back in Black era, but he's best known for his stripped and modified Gretsch Jet Firebird that was his signature guitar.
"Electric" was a great rock album. The band laid off the effects of "Love" and just went full AC/DC-Zeppelin. Saw them tour this album in Vancouver, late August '87 with G&R the openers--Guns and "Appetite" wouldn't find any traction for about nine months, and when they did...wow.
The Cult is one of my favorite Rock n' Roll band who I know listened to a lot of Led Zeppelin....Aerosmith...and Deep Purple when they were growing up.....and it certainly shows.....Amazing!!!
Yeah, they were sidetracked with SSS on the Love album which was a more alternative debut until they released that “hey we friggn rock” and blew out with Electric. And then there’s Sonic Temple .
I saw Cult singer " Ian Asturbury"with "The Doors" filling the very big shoes of Jim ,Morrison. Many of the audience had no idea who he was(some thought singer of the Cure) Not only did he win the crowd over, he truly captured the spirit of Morrison and killed it!!!!! A better fit they could not find. Check Ian Asturbury with the Doors " Break on Through !!! Cult follow up 1) Edie(Ciao Baby) truly Epic!!
Yeah I saw a few performances by them (Going as "Doors 2000" then. Filled in really nice. But.....I've always thought Astbury had a Morrion like vibe at times. Both he Glen Danzig for that matter.
@C Summers I agree, I think Vedder killed it in that performance. But then again, Vedder kinda reminded me of Morrison when I first saw him live, he has the same wicked energy. :)
Funny, I always got a Freddie vibe from him. Weird how we're all over the place with the voices. Because now that mention it, yeah, I can hear Billy and Jim, too.
@@robland6804 I watched them (as opening act) blow Billy Idol off the stage in Toronto. I mean, we all were chanting "Cult, Cult Cult" until Idol flipped us the bird and walked off stage. Then they announced The Cult would be playing a free show at a club in the city and the place emptied out.
In the mid 80s the 70s classic rock sound could not have been more out of style. If you were a teen and wanted loud guitars you generally found it in the hair bands, 80s metal or punk rock. And then this album comes out. It wasn't hugely popular but it made its mark -- and it rocks like hell. Other "indie" bands like Jane's Addiction and The Pixies were on the ascent, GnR was about to break -- and grunge would break a few years later. The Cult's Electric was a big part of all of the change happening at the time. Check out "Wild Flower", "Rain" and "Fire Woman" next.
I really appreciate this observation. I wanted to say something similar, but it wouldn't have been this articulate. We were deep into the R.E.M. thing, and no one was admitting to liking AC/DC or Aerosmith. And The Cult had come out of a sort of post-punk almost goth scene, so they were definitely still considered alternative. With this album, I almost sensed there was a certain humor to it: "Oh, you think hard rock is uncool? How about if we just strip it down and do it like this? Huh? Like that?" I loved it right away, but I had friends who were calling them sellouts (which was goofy, because this music wasn't gonna bowl over the Top 40 or nothing). At least they said that for a couple of weeks, until they finally admitted: "Yeah, this is actually pretty good"...Heh...
I disagree that the classic rock sound was out of style. There were "Zeppitators" everywhere. There were many '80s kids like me that didn't like most '80s rock. But you were dead on about The Cult and Jane's Addiction being bridge bands that set the table for alternative and grunge
I had no doubts you'd guys would love this! "She Sells Sanctuary" is a different mood. This just RAWKS!!! Next should be my personal favorite, "Firewoman"!!
I am so jealous you all get to experience these as if they are brand new, but I get through that by seeing the obvious enjoyment you both get from these treasures. The Cult was a great band, underappreciated in my opinion. Several of these albums are those rarities were every song on them are better than good if not great.
“Electric” is a banger period. Lots of hard grooving tunes. This band has been neglected too long. Astbury is the 80s Jim Morrison. So charismatic. A&A please indulge. Regarding the bass. Yes, sexy, but after wearing my ear pods the part that really gets me rolling was Ian coming in with the tambourine during the chorus .
Good album,but for me,Love is the high water mark for The Cult. Saw them perform it at hammy odeon around ‘83-‘84 and it was a blast,they played four encores and on the 4th,the police turned the house lights on because we’d gone past the 11pm cut off.(residential rules locally) Great fun blocking the police getting to the stage.
I hope they like this enough to proceed with them. The Cult provided the bridge between metal and punk/new wave for me. I may have never listened to the Clash, The Furs , Echo on and on and on
The Cult is easily one of the best rock bands ever. Completely underrated and just phenomenal. Billy Duffy is an outstanding guitarist! I was lucky enough to see these guys live a couple of times and they did not disappoint! Also, this is a very popular song in the strip clubs!
A+ is cool. I'm a big Cult fan, so it's an S Tier for me. Check out "Fire Woman" and "Wild Flower". Respect your opinion and rating. Have a great Easter.
King's X .... one if the most talented bands ever . I've never really understood why they are not liked by more people . But I really don't care either . I think it's because they are hard to pigeonhole and all three members can and do write and sing their music and make solo albums . Hey ...I still can't understand why people liked The Bangles and The Go Go's. But to each his own . PK
This whole album is awesome - right up there with "Highway to Hell" and "Back in Black" to me. "Peace Dog" is what I would recommend next from this album.
Love The Cult. "Wild Hearted Son" is my favorite by them. Don't usually like official videos (tend to taint one's initial reaction of how the song would come across), but this one perfectly captures the song.
I’m so excited that you guys liked this song! That just made my Friday. This is my favorite Cult album. And I think my favorite song off of the album is “Wildflower” so I hope you get to that sing soon(hint hint) because I want to know what you think about it as well.
They were underrated. Billy Duffy is a great guitar player, Matt Sorum went on to play in Guns and Roses on Use Your Illusion, and Ian Asturbury is a blend of Jim Morrison and Robert Plant.
There ya go boys! An '80s band. The Cult are so versatile they can't be defined by a decade. And another lesson on why the '80s are in the argument for the best decade of music.
These dudes always amazed me, they crossed over into the 80s dance clubs in Chicago side by side with all of the industrial, techno, house, new wave, goth going on at the time. They had the formula and the tunes. ✌️🤘❤️
This is just the best music reaction channel! ❤️ I stayed up waaay too late watching your reactions and reading comments. Lots of good choices. How cool it must be to be hearing some of these classics for the first time.
Saw these guys at Milwaukee Summerfest back in '01 (?)...right before they hit the stage a lightning storm blew in (no rain). They tore right into "Rise" as bolts were streaking across the sky...everyone went berserk - one of my top concert experiences!
@@Rekeza No. A "prototypical" four piece rock band usually has a bass ~ rhythm guitar ~ lead guitar ~ drum kit with one or all musicians doing vocals. FOUR musicians. I was making the point of THREE musicians w/one guitarist performing rhythm AND lead. Best you can do? LOL
Is Rush not a power trio with vocals? How about Cream? James Gang? Jimi Hendrix Experience? Band Of Gypsys? Vocal chords are an instrument, doesn't matter who the lead is. Frontman is a position given to a vocalist when a power trio doesn't have someone in the trio to handle the job as the vocalist and frontman. The Cult is a band. Plain and simple. P.S. Comparing Astbury to James Brown just made you officially the Whitest Human Ever.
@@maceomaceo11 Nice of you to mention race. I didn't. I was comparing TALENT to TALENT, and giving credit where due. YOU see RACE ~ Making You 'officially' a clown. I see TALENTED HUMAN BEINGS. "band' encompasses a lot. You know, like 'The Allman Brothers Band' (they had more than 4 members). BTW: How many 'instruments' in a choir?
Well they began as " The Southern Death Cult" and were very much post punk British Goth(Bauhaus,, Sousie & the Banshees etc). It was the merging of that influence with what you mentioned that make them so unique.
@@jgsrhythm100 agreed on the first album but by this time they'd abandoned all that for mid 70s bombast. The guitar is unashamedly channeling Page here.
@@bodhisattva3774 Yes, but somehow still sounds unique and not completely derivative. Certainly was different to. Majority of what was happening at the time.
I think when you say “80s hard rock”, you are referring more to the late 80s alternative rock sound that eventually gave birth to grunge. So I’d say bands from this era that fit this would be like The Pixies, early Jane’s Addiction, Living Colour, maybe White Zombie, and a couple others. One of my favorite bands of all time The Replacements helped create what we now think of as modern hard/alternative rock, as well as we’re precursors to grunge. They’re considered one of the greatest and most influential bands of all time by pretty much all top music magazines and critics, and most famous rock musicians currently between 30-50ish consider them one of their top influences. Kurt Cobain famously mentioned how much he loved them and was influenced by them. They were doing the “late 80s hard rock/alternative rock” sound, years before, like in the early to mid 80s. They’re basically simultaneously the link between the hardcore punk sound from the early 80s (like bands like Black Flag or Minor Threat), to more experimental hard stuff like The Pixies or Sonic Youth, to grunge and polished 90s pop rock like the Goo Goo Dolls (with a little bit of melodic and experimental new wave thrown in the middle for good measure). A good sample of tracks restoring their iconic “hard rock” sound would be Bastards of Young, Left of the Dial, and Alex Chilton. The latter is their most famous but is more from their polished poppy semi-new wave phase. All of those are melodic and some of their best crafted tracks. They definitely have more raw/experimental/harder stuff, but these are very accessible starter tracks when your just starting to learn who they are.
Next should be "Edie (Ciao baby)" but not before reading up on the context of the song. Pretty much all songs by "The Cult" have a deeper meaning, but "Edie" is one, you want to know the story of before hearing the song. It's a rollercoaster of a story that is about Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol, "The Factory", drug abuse, and depressions. (the story, not the song!.. well.. kinda) Heck, there are even a few conspiracies to be found around that story. (nope, not gonna tell it here, post would be a mile long lol) Thnx for the react guys, The Cult is one of those Juggernauts that kind of slipped of the radar for a lot of people, but whos music is still as powerful today, as it ever was.
Love Removal Machine is straight 🔥🔥🔥 The entire Electric album ('cept for that dumb Born to be Wild cover) is just full of bangers! Definitely one of the best straight ahead rock albums of the late 80s
Great to hear this again. The Electric tour in 87 was the first gig I went to. Also check out these other often overlooked Cult classics - Zap City, the Phoenix, Nirvana
When someone showed me the album I said nap as I thought they were a hair metal band but boy was I wrong these guys rock out have all their albums with love being my favorite
For more "late eighties grit" hard rock, you DEFINITELY need to revisit Living Colour! Vivid, with the iconic Cult of Personality, came out in '88. I honestly think this should be a full record reaction on Patreon, but you should review Desperate People! Many people will also recommend the more well-known Open Letter to a Landlord, but you really can't go wrong on the entire album!
The Cult were a breath of fresh air at the time this album came out. They reminded me in some ways of Humble Pie. Jane’s Addiction had a similar vibe. “Breathe” has to be next, it rips!!!!
Saw them open for Metallica in the 80’. Saw them 4 years ago, also, in a small venue and they are still great. The Love and Electric albums are just amazing from beginning to end
"Electric" is my favorite Cult album. Great from beginning to end. A classic. You guys need to do a full album listen of this rocking beast of an album!!! 😄
I remember waiting for the release of Electric. We were super into Love and ended up obsessed with both albums. Seen The Cult live about 20 times. Good times!
Their version of "Love Removal Machine" from the 'Best Of Rare Cult' album smokes!!. It's not as "commercial" sounding as this version, but it's still great in it's own way.
