930 CLUB,  7/14/01


        THE CULT NEVER DIES! WE THOUGHT THEY WERE FINISHED AFTER THE POORLY RECEIVED CEREMONY (WHICH DID SUCK EXCEPT FOR THE TITLE TUNE, "WILD HEARTED SON" AND "EARTH MOFO"). BUT THEY ROSE LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES WITH THE CULT (FEATURING THE MTV HIT "DRUG TONGUE"). THEN THEY VANSIHED AGAIN. ROCK MUSIC JOKE: WHY DO THE CULT ALWAYS BREAK UP IN MID-TOUR? ANSWER: BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIT BILLY DUFFY AND IAN ASTBURY'S EGOS INTO ONE HOTEL!! WELL, THE BOYS ARE BACK WITH THEIR LATEST CD BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL AND THEY ARE ROCKING HARD!! THIS IS LIKE THE DAYS OF ELECTRIC AND SONIC TEMPLE-THE MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU GLAD THAT YOU LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL. THE CULT BLASTED ONTO THE STAGE OF THE FAMED 930 CLUB IN WASHINGTON, DC ON JULY 14TH TO SHOWCASE THEIR NEW CD AND I DROVE 300 HARD MILES TO SEE THEM. IT WAS WORTH THE TRIP. THEY CAME BLASTING OUT WITH "RISE"-THE 3RD TRACK FROM THEIR NEW CD. 17 SONGS LATER THE CROWS WAS DRUNK, TIRED AND HAPPY. THE SONG SELECTION WAS PERFECT. THEY PLAYED TRACKS FROM LOVE, ELECTRIC, SONIC TEMPLE AND BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL. I HAVE LISTED ALL THE SONGS BELOW. TWO SPECIALS-"IN THE CLOUDS" (AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE COMPILATION HIGH OCTANE CULT) AND "THE WITCH" (THE LONG VERSION IS A 12" SINGLE FROM THE COOL WORLD SOUNDTRACK, THE SHORT VERSION IS ON HIGH OCTANE CULT). I'VE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THE CULT PLAYING "THE WITCH" LIVE. IAN'S OTHER BAND, THE HOLY BARBARIANS, DID PLAY IT ON THEIR FIRST TOUR. THE CLOSER WAS "LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE" (THEY ALSO DID "SHE SELLS SANCTUARY" AND "WAR" AS ENCORES). BILLY DUFFY WAS AS GOOD (AND AS LOUD) AS I'VE EVER SEEN HIM. IAN WAS HIT-OR-MISS. SOME OF THE TUNES HE NAILED, OTHERS HE RELIED ON THE CROWD AND BILLY'S GUITAR TO GET HIM THRU. THEY HAD A 2ND GUITAR-BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE COULD HEAR HIM. MATT SORUM ON DRUMS WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS ON 2ND GUITAR OR BASS-APPARENTLY IAN COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO INTRODUCE THEM. MY ONLY OTHER COMPLAINT WAS THAT MONSTER MAGNET DIDN'T PLAY-APPARENTLY DAVE WYNDORF HAS TO HAVE KNEE SURGERY IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. BUT THE CULT PROVED THAT ONCE AGAIN THEY STILL KNOW HOW TO "RISE".

SONG SET (BY CD NOT BY SET ORDER)
NIRVANA                                                  SWEET SOUL SISTER
RAIN                                                       WAR (THE PROCESS) [ENCORE]
SHE SELLS SANCTUARY                                THE SAINT
WILD FLOWER                                           TAKE THE POWER
PEACE DOG                                                BREATHE
LIL' DEVIL                                               RISE (FIRST SONG)
LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE (LAST SONG)         IN THE CLOUDS
FIRE WOMAN                                            THE WITCH
EDIE (CIAO BABY)