On his third outing as a solo artist, 1998's "Rise," Peters released what I consider to be one of the best albums of that year. I still go back for it today to enjoy standouts like "Transcendental," "Ground Zero," "The Wasting Land," and this one...co-written with Billy Duffy of The Cult. There's no trace of it online that I could find, so here is a version performed with The Alarm.
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Showing posts with label Cult. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
"In Circles" by Mike Peters
Mike Peters is synonymous with The Alarm, and his solo career is just as criminally ignored as his band. His solo work doesn't sound remarkably different than The Alarm, so you may not even be able to distinguish one from the other when listening.
On his third outing as a solo artist, 1998's "Rise," Peters released what I consider to be one of the best albums of that year. I still go back for it today to enjoy standouts like "Transcendental," "Ground Zero," "The Wasting Land," and this one...co-written with Billy Duffy of The Cult. There's no trace of it online that I could find, so here is a version performed with The Alarm.
On his third outing as a solo artist, 1998's "Rise," Peters released what I consider to be one of the best albums of that year. I still go back for it today to enjoy standouts like "Transcendental," "Ground Zero," "The Wasting Land," and this one...co-written with Billy Duffy of The Cult. There's no trace of it online that I could find, so here is a version performed with The Alarm.
Monday, August 22, 2016
"Soldier Blue" by The Cult
The Cult is an English hard rock band led by the muscular vocals of Ian Astbury and fierce guitar riffs of Billy Duffy. After amassing a large "cult" following in the mid to late 80s with popular tracks like "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Love Removal Machine", the band scored its one and only top ten record in the US with "Sonic Temple", hitting #10 in 1989.
"Sonic Temple" (the band's third album) was a masterpiece, even getting the band two ranking hits on the US singles charts: "Fire Woman" landing at #46 and "Edie (Ciao Baby)" landing at #93. Despite a steady output of additional records, the band has not been able to score another charting single in the US. The excellent song "Rise", from 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil", bubbled under at #125.
An overlooked cut from "Sonic Temple" is the punchy anthem "Soldier Blue". This arena-ready rocker should have been huge in 1989, but it did not march into battle.
"Sonic Temple" (the band's third album) was a masterpiece, even getting the band two ranking hits on the US singles charts: "Fire Woman" landing at #46 and "Edie (Ciao Baby)" landing at #93. Despite a steady output of additional records, the band has not been able to score another charting single in the US. The excellent song "Rise", from 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil", bubbled under at #125.
An overlooked cut from "Sonic Temple" is the punchy anthem "Soldier Blue". This arena-ready rocker should have been huge in 1989, but it did not march into battle.
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