The Cult
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| - | {{GFDL}} | + | '''The Cult''' <!-- This is a British band, so this should not be changed to "is". -->are<!-- This article is written in British-English, which treats collective nouns as plurals. (i.e. The Cult ARE a band.) --> a British [[rock music|rock]] band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in the mid 1980s as a [[post-punk]] band with singles such as "[[She Sells Sanctuary]]", before breaking mainstream in the [[United States]] in the late 1980s as a [[hard rock]] band with singles such as "[[Love Removal Machine]]" and "[[Fire Woman]]". The band fuses a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism ... of [[The Doors]] [and] the guitar-orchestrations of [[Led Zeppelin]] ... while adding touches of post-punk goth rock". Since their earliest form in [[Bradford]] during 1981, the band has had various line-ups, and the longest-serving members are vocalist [[Ian Astbury]] and guitarist [[Billy Duffy]], the band's two songwriters.{{GFDL}} |
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The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine" and "Fire Woman". The band fuses a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism ... of The Doors [and] the guitar-orchestrations of Led Zeppelin ... while adding touches of post-punk goth rock". Since their earliest form in Bradford during 1981, the band has had various line-ups, and the longest-serving members are vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, the band's two songwriters.
