Ian Astbury wasn’t feeling the love. Or so it seemed on Oct. 29 when the alt-rock icon performed as the frontman of The Cult and its earlier incarnation, Death Cult, at The Sound in Del Mar.

Ian Astbury is a true believer. As the singer for the Cult, he’s been immersed in the ritual of rock ‘n roll, of sweeping riffs and full-throated vocals, for four decades. He’s been fueled by a ...

Sixteen-year-old me absolutely loved The Cult. In fact, their second record, 1985’s “Love,” came out on my 16th birthday, and it was my favorite album by far that year. It was my junior year in high ...

Ian Astbury is in a good place. He and guitarist Billy Duffy are about to perform one U.S. show as Death Cult, the storied post-punk progenitor to The Cult. The band started rehearsals recently for ...

The Cult’s prime hit-making days were the 1980s and 1990s with songs that are now propulsive classics on alternative and classic rock stations like “She Sells Sanctuary,” “Love Removal Machine” and ...

Every band has an origin story. Even The Cult, who dominated rock radio in the’80s with an arena-ready sound that seemed fully formed. In reality, a succession of bands led to the post-punk act Death ...

When Ian Astbury fronts the Cult as that seminal alternative rock band kicks off the Thursday at the Harbor summer concert series next week, the performance will surely be marked by a duality. On the ...

The music industry is dead - long live music. That's the somewhat contrarian perspective of Ian Astbury, founder and lead singer of heavy metal band The Cult, at this stage in his long career. Astbury ...

The Cult’s Ian Astbury wanted to know how close this writer’s home base of Lincoln, Nebraska was to the Pine Ridge Reservation and Wounded Knee when he called for a phone interview. Informed that it ...