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"Gods Zoo" is a single by the English post-punk/gothic rock band Death Cult (who later shortened their name to the Cult), released on 23 October 1983 by Situation Two. The song is often, erroneously, spelled "God's Zoo" (with an apostrophe in the word "Gods", indicating possessive case ).
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy formed Death Cult in April 1983, enlisting Ritual members Jamie Stewart and Ray Mondo as a rhythm section to complete the band's initial lineup. [1] After the release of a self-titled debut EP , the group fired Mondo in September and replaced him with Nigel Preston of Sex Gang Children (Mondo took Preston's place in ...
Death Cult is the debut four-track EP by the post punk/gothic rock band Death Cult (who later shortened their name to the Cult). Released in July 1983 on the Situation Two label, the EP reached No. 2 on the UK Independent Chart . [ 1 ]
The Cult are an English rock band formed in Bradford in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band had performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult.
Mondo was the first to leave, being recruited by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy to form Death Cult. Stewart was later suggested by Ray Mondo for the bass slot (after the band had auditioned some 30 hopefuls) even though Stewart was a guitarist. [2] Stewart accepted the position and remained with the band after the name change (to the Cult).
"A Flower in the Desert" is a reworking of the Southern Death Cult's song "Flowers in the Forest". The music of the album is characterized as dramatic, moody, dark psychedelic, with "crystalline guitar not that far off from what U2 was going after". [7] In 1985 Ian Astbury noted that the Cult were "like Big Country and U2, only better!". [8]
The song was never performed by Southern Death Cult again. Apparently, Astbury incorporated the lyrics of "The War Song" into the creation of "Spiritwalker" but no credit was given to the other members of Southern Death Cult and it is unknown whether they contributed to the writing of the original version.
After playing with the Cult, ... and his snare drum was a brass 14" x 14" shell. Death. Lee was found dead in his flat on 24 November 2008, ...