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When was the first time you saw The Cult?

Electric - 4-25-2003 at 12:37 PM

Sorry I'm new here and finally found a gr8 The Cult forum..this place is awesome. Anyways, this has porbably been asked many times before but: When was the first time you went to see The Cult in concert? Me, I was a freshmen at SDSU and a little known band at that time (Guns and Roses) opened up for them..hehehe..it was The Cult's Electric tour..I would say the Electric Tour epitomized The Cult and they're energy every fan loves.

Lizard Johnny - 4-25-2003 at 12:56 PM

I wasn't on any cult show

Fender-Man - 4-25-2003 at 01:11 PM

Hey now, Electric! Hows it goin'? Glad to have you aboard!
The first time I saw The Cult was when they opened up for Metal-sell-out-ica at Poplar Creek Music Theatre in Hoffman Estates, IL. The boys were on the "Sonic Temple Tour". Then later, me and my pals saw them at The Aragon B(r)allroom in Chicago. They were headlining that night on thier own tour ( Sonic Temple still) with: Dangerous Toys ( cool 80's Hair Band ) and Bonham (the Late John Bonhams' sons' band )

Homer - 4-25-2003 at 01:18 PM

Saturday, 7 August 1999 @ The Tabernacle in Atlanta Ga. Took a one hour flight from Tampa to Atlanta, and then walked ... yes, that's right I said walked more then 11 miles to get to the concert ... but it was worth it ... saw the concert, met the band after the show, and I've still got the autographs, ticket (signed by Matt), and photo of me and Ian hanging up on my living room wall to prove it ...


just testing here:

romi - 4-25-2003 at 01:49 PM

It was when The Cult was for the first time in Portugal..... I don't know... maybe 1994. Moya, i need help..... I'm confused about the year... Oh..... my mind is ruined.... i better leave the drugs.... :P

Electric - 4-25-2003 at 02:09 PM

Lizard Johnny,

You said you weren't on on Cult show..? You are affiliated with G n R? Anyway..sorry you weren't there.

sexualpanther3 - 4-25-2003 at 02:48 PM

the first time i saw em was july 28 '01 for BG&E, then again when they opened up for Aerosmith. and thats it :( goddammit i hate being so young!! ive missed out on SOOOOOO MUCH!!:mad: grr!

RedVelvet - 4-25-2003 at 03:52 PM

the LOVE tour - dont make me think about how long ago that was

taokow - 4-25-2003 at 05:28 PM

July, 4th 1987 or '88 (don't remember which year) at Pine Knob in Michigan. They opened for Metallica on the "and Justice for all" Tour. It was my first and best rock concert. Couldn't hear for two days after....and the crowd got so out of hand they were acrually tearing out the flip down seats in the ampitheatre. Rock on!

Ianswildflower - 4-25-2003 at 05:32 PM

Hi electric and welcome to a great board and Cult web site.

The first time I ever saw the Cult was in 1990 and I really didn't go to see them play!!!! There was a Memphis band playing on this three band concert called Tora Tora and they were who I wanted to see!!!!!
When the Cult came on and I saw Mr.Astbury and Mr. Duffy I knew then and there I would follow this band to the very end. If these guys stubbed their toes I wanted to know about it. I had heard their songs but didn't much care about them(please don't bash me for that guys) and when the final song was played, I think it was She Sells Sanctuary, I was a Cult fan 4-life.
:lol::flip::lol:

Lizard Johnny - 4-26-2003 at 01:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Electric
Lizard Johnny,

You said you weren't on on Cult show..? You are affiliated with G n R? Anyway..sorry you weren't there.


G n R? Guns'n Roses???
no I'm not affilated with them. Why do you ask??

Rain - 4-26-2003 at 10:01 PM

Ok, I'll bite, however this will take just a bit of history on my part. When I was a kid I was, like so many of us, glued to MTV (when it didn't suck). My whole family would watch. I vaguely remember the 'Sanctuary' video on occasion, but the ringer for me was, of course, 'Firewoman'. I have always loved the song, and I liked the video, and I would go around singing it all over the house. Mind you though, as a little girl, all I could see was all that hair flying around, and I remember thinking "I love this song but that guy is creepy looking!" Sorry Ian. All I can say to that is that, well, tastes change.

:D

So, years passed, and the Sonic Temple tape got shuffled around. I often took it out and would listen to a few songs I liked on it, but it would end up back in the box. Then a few years ago I was moving out of my parents' house and I found the tape in a box under my bed. I know, shameful. I put it in the player as I continued to pack, and I found myself sitting down with my mouth open. I couldn't believe I'd had this tape for so long and never listened to the whole thing! I was so happy to have found something new but so mad I could have kicked myself.

Imagine my dissapointment when I found out they were no longer a band! And then imagine my psychotically happy episode when I found out that they had just reformed and were coming to Myrtle Beach!!! So the first time I saw them, I was so hyped up for the show, and I was not dissapointed in the least...it was amazing. It was August of 1999. Two years later I saw them again, same place, and met everyone but Duffy. I saw them again the year after in the same place as well.

*sigh* I love these guys. :cool:

Young man blues - 4-27-2003 at 06:53 AM

:o My first time in brasil :

GINASIO IBIRAPUERA dec 1991
CEREMONIAL STOMP TOUR= THE CULT

.IAN ASTBURY
.BILLY DUFFY
.JOHN SINCLAIR
.MICHAEL LEE
.KINLEY WOLF

´´caos.....insanity.....fight....and rock´n´roll.........very strong´´

8)8)

CultinMD - 4-28-2003 at 11:10 AM

April 17, 1987 opening for Billy Idol. They played sooooo loud, I just loved it. Saw them again three months later and was hooked for good. :)

sexualpanther3 - 4-28-2003 at 05:42 PM

damn u people, how i envy u so!! this just sucks nuts for me to sit here and read all these dates and recaps from the shows so long ago. i just cant imagine what its like to love a band and watch them grow and mature and get all big and famous from the no bodies they once were...................goddammit i hate being part of my generation. i missed all the fuken fun!!!!:( i always miss the bus.

JayRoberto - 4-29-2003 at 03:19 PM

Sao Paulo, Brasil

Olympia 1995

Ian was on fire, literally ... tried to hit Scott with the mic because he was singing when he wasn't suppose to ... :flame: :lol: , remember that Flavio and Silvia, I guess you two were there too ! I was already hooked, but got sanctifyed by their music at the show BEAUTIES ON THE STREET TOUR ... the new music flaming in , the old school kicking ass as usual ... a dream come true... damn, it's been 8 years now ... :(

BACK TO WORK YOU TWO "DICKS" !!! :mad: :D

JRoberto

b.star - 4-30-2003 at 01:23 PM

THE RAIN video on good old sky channel (with good old gary, pat, tony, mick & deadly earnest !). probably around 1986?
After that went to england every year to buy EVERYTHING i could get from THE CULT.

live 1989 manchester. must admit it was a bad show.
would like to see a 'proper' one just ONCE in this life!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just wanted to say...

Black Angel - 4-30-2003 at 01:46 PM

ya boo sucks to you!!


for once i lived in the right country... i was the right age...19 in 1983...which meant that i saw so many good bands playing all over this land that it would make far to many of you cry with envy...so with respect to u all i won't say who...what...when....where!!


well...not today anyway!!! :lol:

but then....

doggiestar - 4-30-2003 at 01:57 PM



i'm not feeling like pussy footing around all you bright young things...

first time i saw the Cult live was when they were Death Cult...in 1983 in Glasgow Scotland...


i had seen a TV show in 81 or 82 which had some live clips of Southern Death Cult on it...those special few moments were to change this strange mans life...i bought Fatman/Moya on 7" single as soon as it came out...and never looked back....

i have also had the pleasure of seeing live

New Model Army
Mission(Sisterhood)
Feilds Of The Nephilim
Sisters Of Mercy
Wall Of Voodoo
Lords Of The New Church


and on and on...but why these?...because i saw them with their original line up...

can u feel this great wave of pleasure that is sweeping over me?... :moon:

sexualpanther3 - 4-30-2003 at 06:01 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!:flame:

GOD I HATE BEING ME SO MUCH!!!!!!!:mad:GRR!!

Electric - 5-2-2003 at 08:55 AM

Lizard Johnny, after I said I saw G&Ropen up for The Cult you said that you weren't on any cult show..that's why I thought you might have been part of the tour for G&R.

moya - 5-2-2003 at 01:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by romi
It was when The Cult was for the first time in Portugal..... I don't know... maybe 1994. Moya, i need help..... I'm confused about the year... Oh..... my mind is ruined.... i better leave the drugs.... :P


first time they came to Portugal was on 1993, they opened for Metallica and played a small club the night before.
that was my first time too.

hey!!

Real Astbury Girrrl - 5-2-2003 at 03:04 PM

god- i wanted to see them all through my teen years but my folks would never let me go. such atrocity! :mad:
so finally when i was in college, in 1994, i saw their self titled cd promotion tour, god i thought i was in heaven.
i have only seen them 2wice all together.
they are so awesome-wish i could have seen them during LOVE.
that would have been kick ass.

Electric - 5-2-2003 at 04:18 PM

IMHO the two best tours were the Love and Electric Tours. This was The Cult is thir best form. I saw them at the HOB on Sunset in Los Angeles. It was a SOLD OUT show, 3 days, it was great because of the venue, very small, the energy of Ian is what makes The Cult survive. His mysticism and showmanship is something that needs to be witnessed to truly understand what The Cult is about.

San Diego [oops, sorry, I must be HIGH, this was my last time!

SonicFire - 5-3-2003 at 06:30 PM

That show was killer. Intimate yet powerful.

Acoustic and Full Power.

Thank God for the recently released DVD and you God Blessed bootleggers!!!

Fire:flame:

[Edited on 5-4-2003 by SonicFire]

romi - 5-8-2003 at 03:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by doggiestar



Death Cult...in 1983 in Glasgow Scotland...
(Sisterhood)
Fields Of The Nephilim


I can't believe that you saw them all..... why? why? Why didn't my mother brought me to this life in Scotland or in England in 1965/1968???? Why??? :(
I hope you have enjoy all the concerts... i bet you have... ;)

thats amazing

Real Astbury Girrrl - 5-8-2003 at 09:32 PM

WWOW!!! lucky U!!! i was in like 2nd grade at that time.....:(

sexualpanther3 - 5-8-2003 at 09:39 PM

i wasnt even around then:( :mad:dammit mom!!

doggiestar - 5-9-2003 at 12:53 PM

:D

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Cultpjfan - 5-9-2003 at 02:09 PM

Only saw them the once back in 1994.
Ian walking through the Academy before they played was quite surreal.
I was so stunned I never spoke to him.
It was a homecoming gig for Billy and at one point he took the mic and said thanks to members of his family who had turned up to see the show.
They tore that place apart that night,hitting the stage with Nirvana.
Other highlights where The Phoenix,Earth Mofo and Gone.
Truely the best british band since Zeppelin.

Caesar - 5-13-2003 at 11:38 AM

My first Cult concert was in Cologne, Germany Oct. 1989. They opened up for Aerosmith.I was with a friend at the front of the stage.We danced popo during LRM and kicked the Aerosmith-fans away !
:lol:
After the Cult we went to the bar and we were happy about our first Cult gig.

atropa - 5-13-2003 at 10:14 PM

I've never gotten to see them *sniff* They don't get to Birmingham, AL that much, but I would give anything to feel their energy live.