THE CULT Guitarist On Upcoming CD: 'It Still Feels Trashy And Sort Of Ramshackle'
March 19, 2007THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy recently spoke to ChartAttack.com about the group's upcoming album, their first since 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil".
"We've got some ideas down, circulating. Each album gets its own life and while it's early to really tell with this one because it's in the formative stages, it still feels trashy and sort of ramshackle, which I like. [Singer] Ian [Astbury] isn't singing with THE DOORS anymore and I think that's lifted his spirits for a CULT record, too."
On the band's humble attitude about their success:
"We played 70-odd shows last year. I didn't like being in those amphitheatres, personally. I like theatres. But there's the dilemma of if you've earned the right to sleep on a tour bus, do you stay in the van out of spite? If your music has reached enough people to offer you comforts, that's a good thing. You have to let yourself enjoy your earnings sometimes."
"I always felt THE CULT was fleeting. We were a bigger middle-level band but we were happy with that. When we got big for a couple of years, it didn't feel very comfortable. We made the best of it and gave it a good kick, but in retrospect, Ian really didn't like it. We still have a punk rock take on things in our hearts [and] keep it street-level."
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