This is cult fiction...

Advantages: You'll already know most of the tunes
Disadvantages: It's got that blasted Guinness advert on it.

...As the title of this CD would suggest, it's devoted to music from cult films. Clearly a homage of the Tarantino way of doing things, right down to the name of the CD, this contains mainly groovy 70's numbers. Before I get started on the analysis of the CD, here's the track listing: 1: Little Green Bag - from Reservoir Dogs - George Baker Selection 2: Misirlou - from Pulp Fiction - Dick...

thedeadparrot 29.03.2001 13:17 (10.04.2001 03:34) · Read review
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Review of This Is Cult Fiction - Various Artists

The Cult

Advantages: Some very good and original albums
Disadvantages: Some *very* ordinary material as well

...The Cult were formed in the early eighties from the ashes of their previous incarantion, the goth-rock outfit Southern Death Cult, who had achieved some measure of underground attention during 1981/82. Their early material owes much to bands such as The Doors, featuring a jangly, edgy new-wave / goth sound which is probably best represented on the "Dreamtime" album. This features...

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Review of The Cult

The Cult do The Doors do grunge

Advantages: a grunge-hippie-thrashfest
Disadvantages: Saints Are Down

...After a three year absence The Cult returned in 1994 with THEIR grunge album; hell, everyone else was doing one so why not? Even Kiss, standard bearers of glam rock, had come up with Carnival Of Souls. The group, especially singer Ian Astbury, were teetering on the edge of a break up due to the old "personal differences" thing and this was to be their last offering for many years...

pinkmatchstick 30.10.2004 12:58 (13.02.2006 15:28) · Read review
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