Saturday, June 11, 2016

The Cult Still Has Relevant Things to Say, says Ian Astbury



Many bands will do what they can in their later years to stay afloat and to make as much money as they can while they can. However, there are a select few who do what they can to avoid this - as they want to stay relevant and push forward rather than just focus on being a legacy act. The Cult is one such band.

In a recent interview with Canoe singer Ian Astbury was asked whether or not the band had come full circle. His response indicates that they feel they have done no such thing, but rather are doing what they can to keep pushing forward as they have more things to say.

Astbury says:

"Not so much, because we’re not really taking stock – we’re just getting on with it. We’re trying to make choices based upon instincts. We’ve been offered a lot of opportunities to make money touring with artists who maybe had commercial and artistic successes several decades ago. But we choose not to do that. We still believe that we have a lot left to say. We’re driven and responding to the world we live in today. We don’t want to be a pastiche of what we did 20 years ago."

I have to admire Astbury and the rest of The Cult's desire to keep on moving forward into the future and make music that matters, rather than go on dozens of greatest hits tours like countless other famous bands of yesteryear. At that point in a career like that it's easy to just cash in and take the easy money route. Tons of fans would pay top dollar just to see their favorite band play all their big hits and have nothing new to present to them. I think when you do that though you have kind of lost the right to call yourself an artist rather than just a living jukebox.

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