The Cult

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Discusses ELECTRIC 13 and more in Part 1 of 2.

And confirmation of no "Born To Be Wild"...

Listen here:

http://www.dc101.com/pages/mikejones.html?article=11399916

Part 2 will be up Friday with the entire 40 minute interview posted next week.

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Billy talks "Electric 13" and more, good stuff.

http://guitarinternational.com/2013/06/14/billy-duffy-of-the-cult-electric-is-no-bullshit-rock/

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Part 2 w/ Ian at DC101 is up:

http://www.dc101.com/pages/mikejones.html?article=11417937

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A new promo shot of BD and his sig White Falcon:

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A message from Billy and www.billyduffy.com:

Posted June 26th, 2013
 
?It?s been great to have seen the buzz around the ?Electric 13? Tour since the dates were first announced and I?m really looking forward to playing all those songs live again. Over the years my live guitar solos on ?Electric? songs have morphed a bit into something different from the originals. So for this tour I?m trying to be as authentic as possible to the recorded versions, a bit like I did when we did the ?Love Live? tour.

I?m also pleased that we?ve been able to add some dates in Australia to ?Electric 13′ and remember if you want to keep up to date on the latest tour news make sure to keep it locked to www.thecult.us.
The Cult 'Electric Peace'
Other exciting news is that to coincide with the tour we are re-releasing the album as ?Electric Peace?. It?s a special edition double pack (in either CD or Vinyl) that features both the Rick Rubin version that was the official album as well as the ?un-released? version produced by Steve Brown. It was originally going to be called ?Peace? as that was the working title of ?Electric? though it?s sometimes been referred to as ?The Manor Sessions? after the studio where we recorded with Steve. Another cool thing is that the artwork is Ian?s original concept for ?Peace? from 1987. ?Peace? has been around before as part of the ?Rare Cult? box set, but that?s kind of rare and been deleted for 13 years. Now more people can hear the difference between the two versions and see where the songs changed and why. There is some good shit on the original version and ?Zap City? is one of my favorite Cult songs.

I?m getting great feedback from people who?ve picked up their very own Billy Duffy Gretsch Falcon and I?m hoping to do some special events soon with Gretsch so make sure you follow me at facebook.com/thebillyduffy as I?ll post details of those as soon as I can. The first one is at Bizarre Guitar in Reno on 29th June and I?ll be there with Fred Gretsch himself! If you?re in the area come along and say hello.

See you soon for some ?Bad Fun? !?

Billy x

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Cult bassist Chris Wyse's side band OWL and their new vid for "Destroyer":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZWrjyoiJo&feature=youtu.be&a

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The Cult name new touring guitarist, from www.billyduffy.com:


?Just a quick update. With less than a couple of weeks to go before we kick off ?Electric 13? in San Diego I?ve been hard at work with the guys on getting ready for the tour.

We stared of rehearsals as a trio with me, Chris and Johnny as we felt like we just wanted to get a bit of the rust off as we haven?t played together for a while. Obviously ?Electric? is very much a two guitar album, one rhythm and one lead so with Mike moving on we?ve decided to welcome back James Stevenson back into the fold to play rhythm for the tour. As a Cult alumni of 94/5 James was the obvious choice.

The plan is to play the ?Electric? album in order then break and play a bunch of other stuff from the other eras, similar to the ?Love Live? tour from a few years back. I?ve really enjoyed playing ?Bad Fun?, ?King Contrary Man? and ?Electric Ocean? again as its been a while. There?s moments when it?s really exciting and that?s really cool.

It will be interesting to see how ?Memphis Hip Shake? goes down as it will end that first section of the set as it sounds really good but it?s not your traditional set ending song. But then Black Angel ended the ?Love Live? set really well.

So hope to see you soon on the tour and keep checking back as we?ve got a fantastic competition coming soon exclusive to billyduffy.com?

Billy

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I don't normally go for band merch (or "hoodies" of any kind) but this is ridiculously cool.

Ian sporting some 'ELECTRIC 13" action.

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Wanna buy Ian's London pad?

It can be had for about $1.1 million

http://www.housepresso.com/detail.asp?propcode=HOUPR_000034&viewmode=1

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A very interesting interview with Ian can be read here:

http://revoltoftheapes.com/2013/07/24/ian-astbury/

Dude definitely functions on a high level of awareness.

"ELECTRIC 13" tour starts tomorrow night in San Diego.

Things you won't see:

Flashpots, backing tracks, synth, keyboards.

Things you will see:

2 guitars, bass, drums and a pissy frontman with a baritone.

No fucking around.

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Setlist from last night ELECTRIC 13 Tour kick off in San Diego, very impressive.

"Electric set"
Wild Flower
Peace Dog
Lil Devil
Aphrodisiac Jacket
Electric Ocean
Bad Fun
King Contrary Man
Love Removal Machine
Zap City
Outlaw
Memphis Hip Shake

"Pure Cult set"
Rain
Honey From A Knife
Sweet Soul Sister
Lucifer
Embers
Rise
The Phoenix
For The Animals

"Encore"
She Sells Sanctuary
Spiritwalker
Sun King

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A few vids from last night's tour kick off in San Diego.

Diggin' the stage set up, 5 on the floor 


Wild Flower/Peace Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzi91QUwAw4

King Contrary Man (a fav of mine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twij-LGfjWg

Electric Ocean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6PxVzNorG0&noredirect=1

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Ian took a tambourine to the noggin early in the gig last night in Anaheim - kept going through the blood bath. 

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The tambourine head butting towards the end of "Rain", still a Bradford punk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7D2bcFK_iA

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The opening night of The Cult's "ELECTRIC 13" world tour from San Diego's House of Blues 7/25/13 can be viewed here in its entirety:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gEJlRS0ino

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Full gig, 7/26/13 Anaheim HOB:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=325c5Gepsbc

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This is a cool story about The Cult, Soundgarden and specifically - Ian's friendship with Mother Love Bone and Andrew Wood.

http://grungestorytellers.xanaland.com/2013/07/mother-love-bone-meets-ian-astbury-cult.html

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"She Sells Sanctuary" last night in Seattle, very strong - great crowd as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDKBp1ACVqI

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A couple of tweets and a pic from the Buckcherry boys on The Cult's Sturgis gig last night, pretty cool.

Keith Nelson ‏@TheRealKFN
Stoked to play w one my all-time favorite bands tonight- The Cult- and @TheBillyDuffy @SturgisRally @TheChip


Stevie D. ‏@StevieDacanay
Coolest guitar player ever. @TheBillyDuffy and The Cult destroy Sturgis @ Sturgis, SD http://instagram.com/p/cnW_YFyL1h/

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Great recent interview with Ian by Aimee from WIOT in Toledo can be heard here:

http://www.wiot.com/player/?station=WIOT-FM&program_name=podcast&program_id=Aimee.xml&mid=23549260