This pair are holding up well as they near 50. The Cult have split, reformed and been through copious lineup changes over the years, but their nucleus has always been Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy.
In fact, few people were surprised when singer Ian Astbury recently hinted they would support Led Zeppelin on a stadium tour this year (though Zep swiftly denied any tour plans). A full 27 years after they formed in Bradford as mildly psychedelic post-punks Southern Death Cult, this routinely critically reviled group have become what they always wanted to be: a full-tilt, pedal-to-the-metal, classic rock'n'roll band. T he Cult may just be rock's fools who persisted in their folly and became wise.
