THE CULT
HOME: Nirvana. AGE: Like cheese. PROFESSION: Big Neon Glitter Mongers. HOBBIES: Love, watching old Jim Morrison videos, pursuing the sanctuary she sells, rain, revolution, writing songs about American Indians, denying that they’re out to “revitalize the ’60s.”
THE CULT
CREEM'S PROFILES
HOME: Nirvana.
AGE: Like cheese.
PROFESSION: Big Neon Glitter Mongers.
HOBBIES: Love, watching old Jim Morrison videos, pursuing the sanctuary she sells, rain, revolution, writing songs about American Indians, denying that they’re out to “revitalize the ’60s.”
LAST BOOK READ: The Broadway Book by Barbra Streisand.
LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Choosing Life! (As opposed to “Death.”)
QUOTE: “Oh yeah, peace and love—I’m too young to remember that.”
PROFILE: Lead singer and Jim Morrison (with a smashed face) lookalike Ian Astbury formed the Southern Death Cult in 1981 before teaming up with guitarist Billy Duffy to form the Death Cult, which they soon shortened to the Cult, merging elements of ’60s psychedelia, post-punk and heavy metal to score big success with their first major label LP, Love, and single, “She Sells Sanctuary.”
BEER. Boy Howdy!