Welcome to the new and improved Cult Central. This site chronicles the past, present and future of the Cult and related projects. The Cult is Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy. In 2006 they added a couple new members, John Tempesta on Drums, Chris Wyse on Bass and the old friend Mike Dimkich on Rhythm Guitar. It is nice to see the band with a stable lineup for consecutive years as it has translated to much tighter and exciting live shows. As always, we're interested in contributions including stories, reviews, news, pictures, artwork, and anything else that may be on your mind. You can reach me by E-Mail, on MSN Messenger (My user name is: wildjon4@hotmail.com), Skype (jon.taylor1971), or by snail mail (please request my address). Also note that Cult Central has a Facebook account associated with the eMail address: cultcentral@shaw.ca

New Cult album for 2012. That's right, the album is entitled "Choice Of Weapon". It will be out on May 22. Look for a regular edition, a special edition with bonus CD containing all 4 capsule songs and a Classic Rock edition containing a 100+ page book. Very nice, check out the Merchandise page for a link to Amazon! There is a sample song online called Lucifer. Sounds pretty good. The first single will be called "For The Animals".

As far as touring goes, look for the band to hit the road after the album comes out. We now have our first confirmed date in Graz, Austria - a festival show opening for Guns N' Roses. Look for more of that over the summer plus I'm sure we'll see some regular headlining shows across North America and Europe.

In addition to new music, check out Ian guesting on the new Slash album. His vocals are featured on the song "Ghost". Ian has also done vocals with Boris on the EP BXI which is, quite honestly incredible. Ian has also done some more work with UNKLE and Boris which was released this year. As for Billy, he continues to do random guest appearances with Camp Freddy but is also showing up on the TV series "Married to Rock" with his girlfriend, AJ. Chris Wyse also has his own side project with his band Owl, doing shows around the US when his Cult commitments allow.

By now you've seen the special edition Love Live CD that was released. There are two formats, a 2 disc edition and a 4 disc "omnibus" edition. The set is fully remastered and the Omnibus edition contains never before released demos. It's a pretty cool set. It's still available out there and worth picking up. As a side note, Beggars Banquet included the infamous London 1985 show with this set as it was the best quality show they could find, however after it's release Beggars Banquet found, in the vault, a professional recording of the also infamous Ritz show from December 1985. With any luck we'll see that recording at some point, too, it's a great show. Beggars is also re-releasing a bunch of stuff on vinyl including Pure Cult.

Please feel free to continue to send in reviews of the shows this year (and previous years for that matter), it's great to have that information on the site for everybody to read.

Pop by the message board using the link on the right. Lots of fans dropping in to discuss various aspects of the band and side projects.

Have a look at the CultCentral Owner's List page. It's a list of all the numbered Cult items and where they are residing in the world. Feel free to E-Mail me your stuff, and I'll add it to the site.