The Cult - Rain Live Munich 1986 720p

The Cult, rain, live at the Alabamahalle, Munich, Germany February 3rd 1986. Recorded from digital rebroadcast onto Panasonic DVD recorder at SP. The Cult are an English rock band formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult.
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[@ScottishTeeVee]

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[@Caffeine_Club]

The Cult do not get the respect they so damn well deserve.

[@sandrafisherhayes3219]

Not from the media no, but those who love them respect Ian and Billy a lot! Like me for instance 😁❤

[@darrenpataki7968]

That’s because their catalogue up to and including the “Love” album (“Rain” & “Sanctuary”) was great (the “Dreamtime” album especially). After “Love” though they went a bit shit. Well, a lot shit actually. This was emphasised by how great they were on their recent DeathCult tour where they only played stuff up to “Love” In my humble opinion of course.

[@markwoods6475]

They do from the people that matter, I love how they’ve flown a little under the radar, makes them even better, it’s like our(fans) little secret👌😎

[@JuliaKdelRey]

​@markwoods6475 I have followed them around but I know fans that literally go around the world to see them. They literally have a Cult following. Since the beginning. If you get it, you get it. Got to meet them, too 😊

[@antonytwining6951]

Who needs drugs. The cult s music makes me hi

[@hunterdavis3003]

Billy is such an amazing guitarist

[@shakedydogshake]

Definitely! Billy, plus Geordie from Killing Joke, Husker DU’s Bob Mould, and Wofie from Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. Just a wailing bunch of over the top chord slashers!!! My favorite kind of guitarists…..

[@kevinkinnu341]

Guitarist from another dimension

[@chancesareshewears]

ermm not so much, but, managed

[@johncornell3665]

These guys had such amazing music. Have all their albums. Very tight band

[@TWTexasA1]

They had everything you need to be a great band….a great singer…awesome musicians …and some bad ass songs 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@slesru]

well, so why they failed?

[@ALittleIKnow]

Well it was a great band. They have had also reunions over the years. Very few people reach the success they had.

[@douglasanderson8636]

god we needed this in the grim 80s

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

Fuckin A Right we did

[@billhunter2300]

Its incredible to think you get to a certain age and realise what you've missed. Never too late though 😊

[@Upstairsforpete]

Probably The Cult at their peak Love album was superb....great days

[@revwillyg6450]

I like all 3 Cult songs that have that bass line

[@johnnyredux4019]

Everything about this video, including the moving mass of bodies in the audience, is awesome. Munich 1986 must have been a trip.

[@sideshowbobcat]

I bought the album Love in 1995. I was sixteen and had little money, and I bought it purely based on the look of the album cover and the name of the band. I couldn't believe what I heard. I was actually in a cult at the time - perhaps paradoxically, the music helped me leave it.

[@armandobardot2391]

Ian clearly not having a good night that day, but the band's still a solid rock song, what a band and what an underated jewell they were

[@fooferbob9230]

Normaly, Munich has that effect on people. I have seen people look like that because of the flu though.

[@ianparrish6543]

Ian had quite a few of those during thier tours 😮

[@XRakkgruntX]

I was in Germany at the time of this concert but was likely freezing my ass off in some fighting position in Graf or Hohenfels. Wish I would’ve seen these guys back then, such talented badasses.

[@peatbull3426]

Fantastic song of Gr8 Band so underrated. Ian is amazing vocalist and Billys guitar only makes goosebumps. 🤘🤘🤘

[@stwilhite1]

I have this 12”. I was a DJ in the 80s and 90s and The Cult was one of the few human drummer bands I could play that a techno-esque crowd would dance to. In fact, Love Removal, Fire Woman, Sanctuary, and this were some of my reliable floor packers. Rain was extra special because it’s obviously The Cult, but didn’t have huge radio success, so every time I played it was the first time people in my club heard it. I will admit, though, that my new favorite Ian track is UNKLE’s remix of Burn My Shadow. Ian’s voice is just dripping with goodness.

[@Dave-Gear32]

One of the best Cult tunes Love it 🤘🏻

[@rolandconnor575]

RARE, VALUABLE, IT WILL NEVER BE LIKE THIS AGAIN

[@BLT78]

Ganhei esse álbum por “engano” quando foi lançado. Tinha 12 anos na época. Ouvia o dia inteiro. Mudou meu gosto musical pro resto da vida

[@riccardodriadi8030]

Questi si che erano i gruppi...oggi solo piattume

[@angiepanjie]

Never gets old🥰

[@JMacque]

Great song, great band!! Thanks STV!!

[@breakit46]

I chatted to Ian and Billy at Leeds Warehouse club around this time. They were so tight, came off dance floor with t shirt ripped off. Amazing band, Southern Death Cult then Death Cult then The Cult.

[@derekdykeman9160]

I just saw the Death Cult

[@JIMMY-vi2pk]

I LOVE THIS BAND

[@gattingbowledwarne]

Im a Heavy metal guy. I like electric and sonic temple, but I wish they’d stayed like this. Love is a great album from beginning to end. It’s one of the few albums that I have on 3 different formats

[@steveclark5206]

Check out their album Electric / Peace. It (Peace) is a lot of the songs from Electric but with Love’s goth sound. Rick Rubin later changed the songs to sound more like the standard rock that Electric was released as. Another good set to listen to is called “The Manor Sessions”. I think you can even find them here on YT. Definitely worth a listen.

[@gattingbowledwarne]

@@steveclark5206 thanks

[@gattingbowledwarne]

@@Wokko1963 I’m a big Tool and rush fan… I liked them as southern death cult too.

[@USA92]

Wasn't "Heavy Metal" a derogatory term for music heard by journalist? And Hard Rock Blues the words given to most journalists by the bands themselves but ignored by enough for the insult to stick?

[@LEGIONE72]

Thanks a lot Sir from Italy ✋🇮🇹

[@jeromewagschal9485]

Ah... Nostalgia... Nostalgia... I remember hearing The Cult the previous year with the "Love" album and I was totally blown away...Back then I was submerged in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and I even had my own band but The Cult was something fascinating and different although it was still guitar-driven powerful rock...

[@eggjoe122]

Thank you so much for sharing this gem.

[@flp3098]

Epic!! Thanks so much for continuing to post content like this: it’s like a unique look into the past!

[@pirpirpir-os7ms]

awesome rim shots thank you overall awesome thank you

[@skeletor6789]

Music does sound like this anymore...especially what a live performance can bring

[@princegroove]

I saw the Cult in 2016 open up for GNR in L.A., and they still rocked hard. 😮

[@carlpentney290]

Ian missing some of the words actually makes this an interesting version. In terms of looks Ian is at his peak here (as is Billy). Music really has gone backwards since those great days.

[@goodbonezz1289]

Agree on all counts.

[@dobbsy1974]

I love this frickin tune 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@tiiito1988]

Superb live perfomance. 'Demons 2' brought me here.

[@thomaskauser8978]

Love

[@edwardmulholland7912]

They were/are a great band. Thank you for this.

[@devbru064]

che tempi over 80❤👍

[@agostinhomorand247]

Uma das melhores bandas do mundo 😍

[@nickgarnero9843]

Sick

[@brentobrien6642]

Great band saw them live in 2008. Loved it

[@tedtuira6415]

Brilliant band. I saw them live in Vancouver in the early 90’s

[@InfinityOf6]

Not heard this for ages... cool riff... takes me back to 6th year art class at school :3

[@MrCrrispy]

Nice, audio is surprisingly good.

[@tonyduran4293]

The badass Gretsch Falcon in all its glory!

[@JF-kv1gm]

Saw them at Cardiff Uni in ?85 ...the moshpit left me with bruises in places that I didn't even know existed😂😂😂Fantastic band, live.

[@BernieTheBoxer]

Ditto, Leicester De Montfort Hall in '86 a bit after this performance, only my second ever gig and unmatched experience to this day

[@readwrite769]

Always makes it interesting with word selection, still great version and song!!🎉🎉

[@atomic-fox]

oh yeah, saw this tour. still love the tone on the guitar. sweet oh sweet.

[@mauriziofonda8559]

Chills!!!!!

[@richardheedfpv9626]

Brilliant

It's one of the best bands in the world

[@johnklockyer]

I remember them on tv in England on the old grey whistle test they performed “Resurrection Joe”. Not so heavy metal in those days but I was fascinated and liked them from the start.

[@johndahl36]

They killed it. Billy Duffy can jam as good as anybody.

[@bosstradeadbosstradead]

Ian &Billy forever 🥰❣💋Hello from Serbia💗💓💞💕❤💥💫💔

[@user-jn4nf7ln4h]

Epic album even greater band

[@thewatchers5930]

Excellent ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@yakshakingu]

Legends

[@VivezMarcos]

Amazing

[@RosieHarp]

I think it's the UK indie feel and sound with Astbury's mid Atlantic rock vocal that makes The Cult unique and interesting.

[@frankschrodinger1424]

Interesting observation

[@jethrox827]

Saw Ian singing for the Doors ❤

[@karlmccarron3318]

ME too!!

[@Ukmongoose3]

And me!

[@jamesforrest8144]

Wow this is great!!

[@sandrafisherhayes3219]

My beautiful darling Ian! 😍 His voice had definitely matured by this stage. This would be 1986 S'teevee, if I am correct? He will always always be my No. 1! ❤😍💗

[@johana5377]

Love them ❤ CFFC 🤘🏻🔥!!

[@christophersanders5007]

I saw these guys opening for Billy Idol right around this time. Most of the people where there to see these guys instead of Idol just like when I saw Metallica opening for Ozzy around the same time as this most people where there to see Metallica and not Ozzy.

[@finrblade]

aw what to say ? pure perfection :)

[@notseekingconverts]

I thank my friend for being die-hard in the 80s Cult. I dig it.

[@petercarroll3841]

Best group and song it help me get though the lonely 80s you made me feel good thankyou

[@kristopherkrueger4617]

Jamie Stewart is an underground hero. Ask Duff McKagan & Kyle Kyle from Bang Tango. Huge influence, stylish, solid, true musician.

[@gotzolones]

What a great entry from "Rain"

[@scot-tish7486]

Superb band and BD is one of my all time fav guitarists.

[@lindabrady3940]

My all time favourite band no one else comes close here comes the rain ☔

[@cainm8808]

So so good

[@silvanadonadoni127]

Amo quest'uomo. Grande voce ,grande presenza scenica. Bravi tutti,ma Ian è stratosferico.

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool

[@jojo6028]

Even when Ian is tired, the songs find their own individuality, lol

[@user-wq7nq1xm6b]

Absolutely superb

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@RichardFriendartist]

awesome!!

[@robinfriday9583]

Masterpiece incredible

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting, I'm glad you found and enjoyed this video

[@Turco949]

Even at this almost 40 yo live performance they sound amazing!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

[@mauroferreira1122]

Essa banda foi pouco divulgado no Brasil, prá mim está entre as melhores e maiores bandas do planeta

[@travisloko2964]

Oloco! Maiores do planeta... Calma ai

[@user-zs2ku7wk7n]

Оооо, какие они молодые! ❤ Йен Эстберри и Билли Даффи! Какие красавцы! ❤😊 И таланты! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@connorm3457]

It was either this or Hollow Man, that topped Love, which topped em all.

[@TimJackson-eq6iy]

I have songs from all their albums from Love. They managed to consistently write good music.

[@cdncitizen4700]

It's as if Michael Hutchence and Brian Setzer went Goth over some pounding beats... those vocals, the moves and that Gretsch style guitar !

[@jdsciano]

What's so funny is this is such a favorite of the fans (especially the girls, considering the subject matter) but Ian hates this song even though he wrote it & i think you can see that in his face a bit, here. Maybe that's why it's changed up a bit live, to make it tolerable for him to perform! But it is a really hot & sexy sound & i'm happy they still perform it to this day.

[@Jasen.Astron]

Thanks, man. 👍

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed this

[@alessandrocividati1840]

grande band

[@antoniocandidoaraujoneto141]

The Cult e Queen,Brasil❤❤❤

[@miguelbordoycano9416]

What a great band they are. Thanks for posting this superb raritie

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

What a great sound. Powerful.

[@beatagryglak2637]

🤘👍🤘

[@simonfarrell6585]

Used to have this whole concert on VHS 📼

[@pirpirpir-os7ms]

yikes great version thank you love the what are they rim shots? something like that great ❤

[@GavKP]

Great times, thanks for this excellent share. Rain is still one of the best.

[@portalplainsandwich6766]

2023-2024 the cult has surrounded my life since finding them

[@travisloko2964]

Beautifil poetalplain❤

[@jonathancollard3710]

Excellent group sorely much underrated… and I include myself as this my period but I guess I was too absorbed with Wham!, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, A-ha 🤦🏻‍♂️…. She Sells Sanctuary is one of my all time favourite tracks now. Thank heavens we all “grow up eventually”…. Love all music genre now…. 👍

[@crazyralph6386]

Les Warner rocking the drums

[@fabiolo2814]

Grazie per il video 😅

[@mikekutz5776]

It goes without saying everyone needs to join an, Cult.

[@manuellopes3759]

Gosto deles, só quando vi ao vivo foram uma desilusão, mas continuo a gostar

[@larrylegends7284]

Fire woman, you're to blame... Great song!

[@thomasobrien1213]

Great band