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| | Beggars Banquet - artists - Cult (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | From the outset, The Cult were kick-ass rockers, bloodymindedly and unashamedly set on their own idiosyncratic path, and in Astbury they possessed a spokesman of boundless optimism with a bent for the spiritual heavily marked by the plight of Canada's Native Americans, which he had of course viewed at first hand. |
 | | The Cult's debut LP, DREAMTIME (an appropriately earthy and religious title), made their intentions clear, with Astbury's grunting, panting, howling performances underlaid by Duffy's soaring, pulverising guitars and a thundering rhythm section that crossed the strut of Glam with an aggressive, pounding wardance. |
 | | This made The Cult perhaps the most contemporary band in the world, but that wasn't enough for Astbury whose love of cutting edge music is legendary throughout the industry. |
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