The Cult - Conseco Fieldhouse, Oct 21/2001
Indianapolis, Indiana, Conseco Fieldhouse
Opened for: Aerosmith
comments: Quick takes...

1 - What was that?!?! Ian was rude all night. I hope he was in an altered state of consciousness because his profanity laced tirades were not amusing, welcomed, etc by the fans. He converted no Cult fans tonight.

2 - The band was "late" beginning songs all night. Even Duffy. The rhythm guitarist's guitar sounded like a speaker with a hole in it.

3 - The crowd dug Love Removal, Wildflower, and maybe a few others. But Ian kept moaning for dancers & for the crowd to get in to it. He was almost begging, trying way too hard.

4 - Poor choice of songs off the new CD. Why play American Gothic, Ashes And Ghosts and not play War and Shape The Sky? True Believers was good and Rise.

All in all, very poor performance. By Ian, the band, poor choice of songs, and the main reason you open for bigger acts is to convert the masses - this was not even attempted tonight.

3 of 10 stars.

I saw them earlier this year in a smaller venue in Indy and they tore the roof off the place. Ian didn't say one word that night - we were assuming the venue was too small. Then he gets in a huge venue and makes a complete ass out of himself & the band. I was embarrassed I talked the Cult up as much as I did to the people I went with after this show.

Marty Black
I have to disagree here. I came on here to apologize for the lack of emotion from the crowd at Conseco. maybe it was because a lot of us came from the dome after watching our Colts get throttled at the hands of the Pats. I thought the band sounded good, with the exception of Ian's vocals were at times undecipherable. I took my 20's daughter and her boyfriend which had never seen or heard the Cult, and they enjoyed them too for not knowing the tunes. Ian was genuinely trying to get the crowd into the music, and the crowd acted like they were all on downers of some sort. (do they still have ludes?) anyway I thought it was a fucking shame the man had to run thru the arena to get anyone to stand up, and I think that was only because they wanted to see what he was doing. People should have more respect for this band, And I for one was disappointed by the crowds lack of participation, not the music....Hope they come back some day.

Cultfan42
I have to disagree with the first post. The Cult kicked ass in Indy. Song selection was great!!! At least they changed the setlist around. Yes Ian tried a bit too hard to win the crowd over. This is an almost impossible task considering 80% of the Aerosmith crowd were folk with around a 60 IQ. The Cult did their thing and very well!!! At some point they decided to fuck the Aerosmith crowd and perform their art. I did not here many boos or hisses from my seats. In the end it was not a "bad day", but a simple crowd.

Setlist
Rise
Lil' Devil
Peace Dog
Sweet Soul Sister
Wild Flower
American Gothic
Ashes And Ghosts
She Sells Sanctuary
Fire Women
True Believers
Love Removal Machine