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The Cult is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Julian Lennon, Public Enemy, Bif Naked, The Alarm and Robby Krieger. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cult arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Mission, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Tesla and Great White, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Mission, Guns N' Roses, Jimmy Gnecco, The Dead Daisies and The Doors, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around The Cult, reaching back through Julian Lennon and forward to The Mission. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Cult are an English rock band formed in Bradford in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band had performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult. They gained a dedicated following in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s as a post-punk and gothic rock band, with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking into the mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s establishing themselves as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine". Since its initial formation in 1983, the band have had various line-ups: the longest-serving members are Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, who are also their two main songwriters.
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The Cult connections
The Cult grew out of Julian Lennon, Public Enemy, Bif Naked and The Alarm, shares an orbit with The Mission, Whitesnake, Def Leppard and Tesla, went on to shape The Mission, Guns N' Roses, Jimmy Gnecco and The Dead Daisies. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Cult
Sounds and acts that shaped The Cult.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Cult.
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