The Cult: Love Removal Machine | Two Old Unhinged Musicians React! 

The Cult can’t be categorized,,, they’re just awesome!

I don't get how an old Led Zep fan would have never heard this song. It's been on rock radio for 40 years.

Electric is one of my favorite albums of the 80s!

I first heard The Cult in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec. "She Sells Sanctuary" came on the radio and i had to stop playing and look up what this magnificent sound was.

FUN FACT - Ian Astbury toured with The Doors as a replacement for Jim Morrison in the late 90s-early 2000’s... And Rick Rubin produced some of their early work. You should do She Sells Sanctuary- everyone knows the track.

Electric is one of the all time great hard rock albums- not a bad song on it.

I left the UK in 1982 before The Cult was formed and never heard of them living in Australia. Came back to the UK in 1992 and saw exactly what I missed. SUPERB BAND.

The studio version brings out the melody a lot more even though this was a nice live version. I think this is a great great hard rock song. To me this this is their best song. Peace dog is great to. Great riff. The Phoenix and she sells sanctuary and wild flower are good too.

Saw them in 1986 when they were a goth band. Here they stepped into hard rock to try entering into the US market. Later on they came back to goth. One of the greatest bands of the 80s.

Wow this is from "the old grey whistle test". Used to be a great show. Only live performances allowed. No videos or miming. They were one of the best live bands I've seen. And since live bands used to be my job, I've seen an awful lot. They did start out as a post punk sort of new wave ish outfit. Southern death cult. But they evolved into a hard rock band. Try fire woman, wild hearted son, sweet soul sister, edie (ciao baby) for a ballad. Which was about edie Sedgwick, a protege of Andy Warhol who died of a heroin overdose. As for being basic and simple. That's all that's required as long as it's good isnt it? 😊 He was also the sexiest man alive at that time. Watch the videos you'll see why. 😊

They always remind me of a young, vibrant Rolling Stones. A lot of their riffage is very Stones-ish. Although at the guitar breakdown I think they must have heard UFO's Prince Kajuku.

I loved The Cult. The vocalist has a great voice. Big and commanding. My favorite The Cult song is Sweet Soul Sister. But I love this track also. The fidelity of this version has a lot to be desired. Still👍

Billy's mullet is long, long gone.

The reason this Cult album sounded so different than their other Goth Rock stuff was because it was produced by Rick Rubin

If you wear a Zep shirt, you need The Cult in your life brah

Ol' leather lungs, there! 😁

Ed, you will like the entire "Sonic Temple" album. I see people suggesting "She Sells Sanctuary" - but you won't like that one. It falls more on the New Wave side. "Sonic Temple" is a straight banger all the way through the album.

I’m actually surprised Billy is using a Les Paul rather than his White Falcon.

I remember Axl Rose wearing a Cult t-shirt in a photo shoot during the Appetite for Destruction era. Guns N Roses knew..

the cult and billy idol would've been great together as a show

The Cult Love is a great one and is the album prior to Electric.

Check out Memphis Hip Shake from the same album!!🔥🔥🔥

This video was a very subdued Ian Astbury, you need to check out “Fire woman”,

It’s Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones...the Cult rocks. ❤️

This album, Sonic temple is one of the best albums of the 80s. Better than GNR and others in so many ways.

Ed. Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed Ed. These guys were pretty badass from maybe 85 - 89/90. I saw them open for Billy Idol at an arena show and they absolutely blew him off the stage. Can't remember the year other than it was late 80's I think. Several of their albums during this era were like a bridge from the early/mid 80's hard rock to the coming wave of alternative rock that would of course make them less relevant. But for a while, they WERE the alternative, and did really well. A few years after the Billy Idol show, I went and saw them open for Metallica at another arena show in '89. Ian's waistline had grown at an inverse proportion to their former glory, and I felt so bad for these guys lol. Metallica just annihilated them, and I didn't pay them much mind after that, but they've stuck around doing their thing, breaking up and reforming a few times I think. They won't ever recapture their old glory, but for a few years there, they were young rock gods living the dream that so many of us never realized.

The zepplin shirt guy sounds a lot like me if it wasnt metallica metal church slayer crue and others then it was tossed away and prince was there and rocking so hard wow

All hail Sir Billy Duffy, King of the Gretsch White Falcon (although obviously not featured in this TV show performance)!! But I gotta say, I prefer the original studio version off their EXCELLENT "Electric" album, featuring those patented anti-production techniques of that bearded zen guru Rick Rubin!! P.S., hey, Ed, Google their follow-up "Sonic Temple" (album), featuring "Fire Woman" and "Sweet Soul Sister" amongst other tracks, most lovingly produced by Mr. Bob Rock. Kind of a hybrid between their "Love" and "Electric" albums and perfect arena rock for 1989. And one more thing, MACH-IIIIIINE!!!!!

Great song and live band . Billy is so solid

You have a new subscriber- thanks for doing the Cult!

If you drew an imaginary Rock band, you'd pretty much draw The Cult. Looked great, sounded great. What more do you want exactly?

Billy's more alot more than an Angus young

Ian stepped in with Doors for a while .

In my experience, the Cult was popular with many different cliques; Motoheads, Jocks, Heshers, Punks, Metelheads, New Wavers, etc. Kind of how they all loved Bowie, but not as well known.

After discovering The Cult while playing Grand Theft Auto Vice City several years ago, I now own three of their CD's I have asked myself, where was I in their hay day? A quick story about ignorance, I was 17 in 1976 and as a part time job I worked in a ice cream parlor/ restaurant one of the dish washers was a huge Cream fan he was several years older than most of us and we harassed him because of his taste in music, none of us had ever heard of Cream. No more than three years later I owned the complete Cream album collection, how stupid I felt but it taught me a lesson about closed mindedness at least when it comes to music.

Not new wave ...Band Post Punk !!

Listen to them more please

Mutt Lange retooled their sound.

I love the Cult. Heard fire woman and I was hooked.

The Phoenix

Still together as well uk tour starts November a think brilliant band 👍

No Billy Duffy no Smiths. He introduced Marr to Morrissey.

Ian ♥️ The Cult ❤️

You have to hear the studio version. It's night and day

Outfuknstanding live version. The Cult at the height of their powers.

Haha not new wave class of 87 here

Should have played the Studio version . Way better !

assessment it bit vague plant pinched stuff from the blues not acdc influenced at all

you should at least give a listen to The Ally Venable Band covering a Carl Withers tune "UseMe" kicks ass! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V7qfd-x8P-o.html

I shunned some great great music and genres but lived long enough to eventually come around and thankfully so music from our time will not be replicated today greta van fleet is close oh yeah this is a poor choice of cult there is better

Try some other cult songs

Billy duffy, nothing to write home about?????