The Cult Interview Hard & Heavy 01/08/87

The Cult Interviewed on Hard & Heavy TV Show German TV Broadcast 01/08/87

[@planzed463]

You gotta love Ian... “it’s full of rock cliches so we won’t be in there”... he says wearing leather pants, jacket & shades 😎 😂🤚🏼

[@j.rothchild173]

The best cult lineup ever!

[@neilfletcher4805]

The cult were brilliant back then I don't like the new album thave sold out

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Amen to that!👌😎👍

[@poemeetsludwig2410]

She’s so beautiful, German beauty ❤️

[@MrJett1971]

Tough to beat this band in 1987. The only album that I think even remotely compares to Electric is Appetite For Destruction. Best albums of the year!

[@VinylSpotlight77]

Overtime the lack of touring and having 40 different members i think caught up to them as far as being relevant

[@johnpadgett5372]

Before I completely read this comment. I agree the cult was bad. And I have seen them a few times. The lead singer is very humble and cool. But I was thinking was Guns n Roses left out. I almost got mad. Then I see you listed it. I completely agree

[@hazelwray4184]

@@VinylSpotlight77 'overtime'? - they didn't work regular hours ie, 9to5

[@neonarcade3562]

I love Ian Astbury's long black hair 💖💖💖💖💖

[@arthurc.3747]

1:30 The facial expression of the guy behind Annette says everything 😛

[@lanceprzybyla7662]

...lolololololololololololol!!!!! lololol!!!!! GREATEST CATCH EVA!!!!

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

👋🤣👍yesss I caught that one too! You know what he was thinking!! Lmfaooo!

[@j1bc]

This has got to be one of the best Cult interviews ever, certainly one of the funniest. Guys looked like they were enjoying it!

[@wfvittoriadegilio4995]

Ian better looking than most women out there and the best hair.

[@elithesly207]

Yes he is and I wish I had his hair!!!

[@glennoc8585]

@@elithesly207 not today you wouldn't completely different.

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

That's was back in the day when dudes and chicks had the crazy hair. And speaking of chicks with hair That fine look in German Chick is gorgeous She van speak German to me all day😜😁🙏😍

[@danlc95]

@@elithesly207 Mine used to look like that!

[@krisscanlon4051]

True cept this host...dear lawd...she's a cutie !

[@neiloshodges2816]

Ian Astbury is one good looking man. Imagine how many woman would have been throwing themselves at him.

[@jorgecuelar3391]

Such an UNDERRATED band... Long live The Cult👍👍👍 Thanks👍👍👍for posting

[@carinajohansson8696]

Ian is so cool in his clothes love him ❤️

[@ADDISON857]

Kisses the Bands ❤️lovely’s and listen you 2022🙏so magnificent than yesterday👋IAN voice, incredible ❤️🙆‍♀️

[@carinajohansson8696]

Ian is my dream man always ❤️

[@dynjarren8355]

Astbury was always a great frontman! Looks good, sings and moves well! But I really dug the drummer for some reason and the bass player. They looked so cool and had good energy! Nigel Preston was great! RIP 💐

[@soyboy29]

No es nigel preston

[@jeshkam]

It's Les Warner here.

[@MySundin13]

That is Nigel.Preston with the sideburns no?

[@devintariel3769]

​@@MySundin13no that's Les Warner. Before that Mark long polish name and then Nigel Preston

[@-KYUSS-]

The Cult just released a new album. “Under The Midnight Sun” It’s fantastic. Pick it up, you won’t be disappointed. CFFC

[@AndersMcTee]

I always chuckle that Billy Duffy looks every inch the L.A rock star but just as you’re expecting some lofty “Far out maaaan” nonsense speaks with the down to earth Manc accent. 😄

[@devintariel3769]

Whereas New Order looked exactly like they were gonna sound lol

[@DanielaVojvodicZ]

In love with Ian 😍

[@TravisBickle1963]

Aren't we all? Saw him once in a tiny club and he floated across the dancefloor after the show almost like he was too cool to actually walk.... Charisma.

[@dyr234]

i love how funny they can be sometimes,so awesome

[@Brad_Jenkins]

Take me back to 1987

[@kennedykiser557]

The interviewer is a Doll Baby...WOW!!!

[@sulatlalaki]

Just once, after one of these interviews, I'd like to see them play live in the studio. Is it too much to ask for the damn Studio people to set things up for a live performance? I guess so!

[@carinajohansson8696]

Ian is so cool and sexy love his clothes he is my soulmate ❤️

[@marcelobalbinot8019]

She 's a doll!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

0:51 lol...such a rock answer...almost Spinal Tap-like.

[@dantrice78]

Awesome video! Thank you for transferring it. It's cool to see the touring line-up with Kid Chaos! Is it just me or is this mix of Little Devil different?

[@vladimirvspiozdner2294]

You're right, dude - it's kind of unusual version of Lil' Devil. Have no idea where it's taken from. Probably a single or...? Anyway that's intriguing.

[@dantrice78]

@@vladimirvspiozdner2294 It might be a Top of the Pops situation where they went to a studio to record the "live version" for playback. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought it was odd

[@vladimirvspiozdner2294]

@@dantrice78 ha, that's an interesting version of yours! Yeah, I believe it could be. Or at least something like that. They could just have, let's say, a different studio take for purposes like some TV-shows appearances. Yeah, because Lil' Devil it's obviously the great hit and just to present it all around...

[@carinajohansson8696]

Ian looks so much like Jim morrison so good looking ❤️

[@obtainiumgaming4472]

Les at 1:30 in - tongue in cheek. lol. He must like the host.

[@jfeal]

Best interview ever Man shes hot My boys Ian and Billy

[@jackshittle]

Wow, Jamie wearing a Metallica "Ride The Lightening" t-shirt. Very cool.

[@carinajohansson8696]

Ian is so good looking love his clothes so sexy ❤️

[@eduardobracamontealvarez1959]

radical change : from the neospychdelical gothic to heavy rock

[@hazelwray4184]

neo-Psychedelic

[@michaelforde4373]

The music nose dived after electric , up until then they were sublime

[@deletebilderberg]

Beastie Boys / Rubin altered The Cult’s musical trajectory.

[@guitarslave]

🔥🔥 Ian fucking killed it 🔥🔥

[@lahonorable]

love lp inmortal

[@sweepover]

Ian says Love is their 1st album

[@hazelwray4184]

The Southern Death Cult; Death Cult; Cult ...'The Cult'

[@npssradio5480]

Absolutely ... until today!

[@CaribSurfKing1]

Wow, Steve Brown created their greatest single and gets totally sagged off

[@DIARIODEIMIGRANTE2007]

Hey guys than you do much from Brazil.

[@ronaldomelo3358]

So good man so good...

[@aultunwhite4988]

they need to put the interviewer in one of their vids....!!

[@honourethefire5794]

Love was the 2nd album Ian not the 1st lol Dream Time was the 1st & Best they did

[@TravisBickle1963]

Too funny "On 'Love' our first album" Full on rock god pose moment

[@carinajohansson8696]

Ian is so good looking ♥️

[@vladimirvspiozdner2294]

Ёууу! Ну базару нет - все ж красавцы удалые! То-то девица там поди расчувствовалась - в таком-то цветнике... )) И вот правильно тут товарисщ поднял вопрос: а что за такая непонятная версия нетленнейшего Lil' Devil'a - не альбомная ж нифига! Кто тут у нас митолист со стажем - пролейте свет, срочно!

[@shacktime]

Always liked the Cult. But when going through all these 80’s and early 90’s interviews with bands of that era I’m constantly embarrassed by how shitty they are to most hosts and journalists.

[@dyr234]

its rock n roll dude

[@shacktime]

@@dyr234 Nah, it just makes the artists look stupid. In the Cult's defense, most of the interviews I've seen them in they were very respectful and cordial.

[@dyr234]

@@shacktime i love the cult been getting into them real heavy through my dad's records.

[@shacktime]

Wretch96 they’re definitely among my favorite bands from that era. Electric and Love got heavy rotation from me. Sonic Temple was solid as well. Even their early Southern Death Cult/Death Cult material was unique and interesting. They still put on great shows today.

[@dyr234]

electric is a badass record! i love all their albums love,electric,sonic temple,ceremony,beyond good and evil and choice of weapon. their self titled 94 not so much but i do love the album cover @@shacktime

[@knightlove1000]

1:31 leswarner ,hilarous

[@markperry4165]

Why did they fire Les?

[@larehpirep]

From various interviews, articles and my own personal understanding and experience with the recording industry and bands, the story that is most easily pieced together was that everything went sideways for the CULT because they had had been touring non-stop since recording Love. Electric had started to help them break them in the US, and I imagine the Record company/Label had lobbied hard for them to keep touring and hit while it was hot. As they were still a young band naive to the industry, I think they kept at it as a result of company pressure. They never took a break and the extensive touring of 2 albums, non-stop eventually took a toll on the health of band. By the end of the Electric tour, they were thoroughly burned out and enormously popular - but still not individually wealthy as musicians, yet. The royalties had yet to come in for them. They were headlining their tours and even had bands like Guns N Roses as their opening band, but I think the band was starting to crack up from all the pressure. On top of it all, Ian's father died after fighting cancer (this was while they were touring), so bad habits like drugs and alcohol became coping mechanisms, and later, an acknowledged problem.Ian has been quite open about this part of their history. During the last shows of the Electric tour, the band took to trashing their equipment at enormous cost to themselves. Ian can be seen trashing a drum kit and tearing down a Marshall speaker stack at the end of the video for Lil Devil. However, band hijinks like trashing equipment, hotels and whatever other bad behavior you read about also comes at a cost. Especially with young bands. Major record labels will always screw with young bands the most, because they can, and The Cult wound up owing for everything they destroyed. The band's inherited cost of this behavior (plus their touring expenses versus profits) probably caused a lot of money discussions between band and label. Reportedly, at the end of the tour, they cut Les and Steven Harris (aka Kid Chaos/Haggis) loose with just their equipment and a check for their services, NOT as members of the band, but as TOURING musicians. FYI, Payment for services as a touring musician even today, isn't a lot of money. Les had toured for the Love but was uncredited on the album, because he was one of several drummers who were brought in to fill-in during the absence of their original drummer. On Electric, Les was listed as a member of the band, but he shared no songwriting credit. This is a key thing to note, as only credited songwriters ever saw significant shares of any profits. Most, if not all song credits are Duffy/Astbury. If I'm not completely mistaken, even Jamie Stewart shared little songwriting credit on any of the first four CULT albums. So, when it came to the end of the tour and a tour reckoning of finances, my guess was that it was the label's decision to cut Les and Haggis, as opposed to the band's decision. I came to this conclusion, because Les sued the band (or more likely the band's label and management), probably because he felt he was owed his due as a full member of The Cult. Haggis however, and by his own account, is still on good terms with Ian and Billy to this day. IMO, Kid Chaos/Haggis/Steve Harris' exit story form the CULT on this is pretty much as I've recounted it here. He left the band with his bass and a small check in his pocket for working on the tour. Although recognized by Cult fans as a full member, he did not play on the album and shared no song credits.I feel his contribution however, was how he had influenced the band on their look and his relationship to Rick Rubin. Prior to joining The Cult, Haggis was a member of Zodiac Timewarp and the Love Reaction - whose biker aesthetic and gasoline, women and motorcycles manner of songwriting planted the seed for their Electric-era switch in identity. In Propaganda Magazine from the early 80's, there were articles on ZT&TLR being expected to be the next big thing, with Ian being spotted at shows and backstage. In the end, ZT&TLR never made it, which is why there's not a lot about them. Zodiac Mindwarp (AKA Mark Manning) wrote about how The Cult took the band on tour with them and how they later poached their bass-player, Haggis/Kid Chaos/Steve Harris. Harris on the other hand, had a really good relationship with Rick Rubin, and at Rubin's suggestion, went on to form the critically acclaimed band, The Four Horsemen. After the band's failure to succeed (from a combination of drug problems and sheer bad luck), Harris retired from music. He later got diagnosed with dyslexia, and made the incredible decision to back to school as an adult - going on to continue his studies as a grad student, summa cum laude at Columbia NYC studying medicine. He was pretty close to finishing his PhD a few years ago. Last time I looked he was working at a NY hospital as a full MD specializing in women's oncology.

[@willowmadhuridixit8991]

Michael Wong amazing! Thanks for the concise up date.

[@dontpanicblink]

its like what the fuck is she saying

[@Zikotikabasada]

Jamie 🥺

[@Damian-rf5xl]

decían q iban a venir a Argentina, lamentablemente tuvimos q esperar hasta 1991 q vengan

[@VLA-iy7zj]

Es verdad. Recuerdo mucho ese día de 1991, a pesar de que estaba con poca voz y la lluvia persistente, fue una gran noche de rock, yo tenía 21 años. Saludos!

[@soyboy29]

yo tambien estuve en Riber..., despues creo que se separaron y tardaron algunos años en reunirse...

[@dontpanicblink]

1:39 jamie .....

[@loombaron]

its like you expect this to turn into a porn movie in any second

[@jonasdalus2999]

The besttttttttt cult

[@josephtorres1406]

I always thought the drummer looks like Rob Schneider w/done up hair

[@CrimeSchool138]

His sunglasses are so fking crooked lol

[@SA-ud9nf]

Were they don't realize is they made it pretty awkward to be translating in between the interview they were having with the cold because they had to wait until she finished her translating. I'm sure they were okay with it but I'm sure it made it awkward

[@miahyde8249]

He's wearing Spurs.😆

[@carinajohansson8696]

Love Ian clothes so sexy❤️

[@davesworld7688]

00:20 LMAO- Guy on the far right reading the magazine

[@jonjones5152]

Evolved my arse !

[@leeetchells609]

Oh yeah love ze German birds Ya Ya gooooood !

[@sulatlalaki]

I don't mean to sound dense but who's the guy with the magazine?

[@DaveyC66]

Kid Chaos , also known as Haggis, real name Stephen Harris. Only did the Electric tour on bass, whilst Jamie was on rhythm guitar

[@eduardobracamontealvarez1959]

with KID CHAOS

[@briansummers6074]

They don't sound like acdc or led zeppelin.

[@glennoc8585]

Exactly they sound better

[@jeffsaddiction]

Uhhh...the “Wildflower” riff is lifted directly from AC/DC’s “Rock N Roll Singer”.

[@sandrafisherhayes3219]

@@jeffsaddiction yes...and Billy did apologise to Angus Young for that. To which Angus replied along the lines of 'no worries mate we steal riffs all of the time'. I prefer to think of it as an homage 😁

[@atlargeonline]

So I gotta know that chick's name.. Anyone? Thanks for the share btw!

[@kingwithoutacrown1]

+Yahoo! Serious Today's your lucky day. *Annette Hopfenmüller* is the name, she's from Bavaria and she's still living in Munich until this day. And yes, she's a bit older now, but still pretty cool, here you go : fs5.directupload.net/images/181018/7mlw92qw.jpg

[@sevensolaris]

Women back then were so much better. No tats, no diva attitude. Just feminine beauty.

[@mnbr6884]

That's what the people in the 80s said of the 50s.

[@glennoc8585]

Lots of biker girls had tattos back then

[@MrJett1971]

Biker chicks are rarely good looking…

[@DimiterAngelicheff]

i was 16

[@carinajohansson8696]

Iwill be his fire woman please ❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jeannebug1]

You sound a tad obsessed, my dear

[@sulatlalaki]

Notice the guy with the magazine has a Dogtown t-shirt on!

[@TravisBickle1963]

Kid Chaos he used to be in Zodiac Mindwarp

[@glennoc8585]

She's a hot a German babe. What hapoenee to the other members? The drummer was in big country i think pre Cult days.

[@rictube4716]

Sigh. Wrong drummer, that is Les Warner, not Mark Brizezicki.

[@sandrafisherhayes3219]

No...Lez Warner was the drummer for Julian Lennon and someone else...can't actually remember who else 🤔 Jamie left in 1990 I think. Kid Chaos went on to found The Four Horsemen

[@Glock111]

108

[@giovannimannelli2158]

Chi e' alla fine,Steffy Graf?

[@zacharyt5645]

😘💜🇨🇦0H YEHhhh 😘💜JulieT

[@marceloclemente7419]

Usually rock stars show a limited intelligence and behaviour, they look silly.

[@jasonblake924]

Is the magazine porn?

[@dynjarren8355]

This was the original four members! But it didn’t last much longer sadly. They were a great unit! This German Hostess is fine looking and speaks English well! I like her! Whoever she is! She sure is easy on the eyes as they used to say. 👏🏻🎸😎

[@rictube4716]

Since when was Les Warner an original member???? Learn some band history before commenting.

[@dynjarren8355]

@@rictube4716 Oh, stop splitting hairs! You know what I meant! Relax!

[@richfrommitch]

Hey, The Cult. Why have you sold out so much?

[@powrxplor69]

oh the irony of Ian's comment at round the 1:54 mark...as an "old goth" fan who'd been into them since '84, I actually liked the new harder guitar sound but found Ian's lyrics and especially all the rock posturing & display of metal cliches frankly ridiculous. Wish they would've just stuck to making kick ass hard rock without the silly 80s stereotypes, just made them come off like poseurs imo.

[@fabienh3943]

As good as the early 80ies could sound, as much about any band started to suck during the yuppie years 🤨

[@ianottaway]

bellends

[@inlakesh555]

1:30 Nigel gets naughty😎😅

[@rictube4716]

Really? Nigel left the band 2 years before this interview, so that would be a miracle.

[@soyboy29]

Les warner no nigel preston...

[@sandrafisherhayes3219]

Bytwy that was Jamie who was naughty. Nigel left (lifestyle choices...for that read drugs) died in 1993 I think. Sad but true 😒 R.I.P Nigel Preston

[@malamuteaerospace6333]

Electric album absolutely blows. Rick Motzanigga Rubin trying to make the Cult into Steppenwolf or Bad Company.

[@klausrain111]

Cant understznd the chick. Then realized she' not a native English speaker.

[@dontpanicblink]

neither can jamie or les their facial exsperssions are priceless

[@robbiehanson4901]

Yes! CFFC