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When I first heard the Cult back in 1986, KROQ-fm in California played it instead of the usual KLOS Rock stations. Fast forward to today and the Rock stations appropriated flashback 80s rock music that they probably didn't play then because they thought it was too much Glam or they didn't get enough Paola to play them?
Did this happen in other parts of the country or other parts of the world as well? Or did your local DJ play Van Halen next to the cult back in 1986?
I didn't know the cult until the song Love Removal Machine and the album that came with it. Please don't tell me this was played to death on MTV? I saw the cult with Billy Idol at Irvine Meadows in 1990. I think Public Image Limited also played in that outdoor concert.
Did this happen in other parts of the country or other parts of the world as well? Or did your local DJ play Van Halen next to the cult back in 1986?
I didn't know the cult until the song Love Removal Machine and the album that came with it. Please don't tell me this was played to death on MTV? I saw the cult with Billy Idol at Irvine Meadows in 1990. I think Public Image Limited also played in that outdoor concert.
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I was living in San Diego. The Cult was being played on 91X which was the alternative station.
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Eqix E te Erre Ah, Baja California, Mexico!
Strong 100k+ watts could also be heard in hills of LA as well. Thanks, Trent!
Strong 100k+ watts could also be heard in hills of LA as well. Thanks, Trent!
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LTC (Join to see) I loved that radio station. It was the only one I listened to down there. I still love listening to The Cult as well.
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I was in the Army from 1985-1993, so wasn't listening those dates. I did listen to KLOS in 1993 - but mainly only in the AM for the Mark and Brian show while driving to work (I was in the IBEW - Electrical Union- so worked from 6AM to 2:30PM). We worked all over Orange and very limited areas in LA counties. In the afternoons I was coming home and more worried about traffic so usually listened to KNX for the reports to get back to Huntington Beach in one piece. I stayed there, going to school until 1995. That being said, I do believe I heard The Cult played somewhat regularly on KLOS during the times I did listen. I know that's later than your time table, but best I can do
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Martin, thanks buddy! I put the same exact opinion of mine on Facebook MTV obscure videos page and ask them the exact same questions word for word.
One person on Facebook responded with a detailed explanation which I posted right here.
Stephen Conway At the time of Southern Death Cult/Death Cult, etc. rock radio in the US was focused on 1970s stuff that "contemporary (2021) Country fans" dig (when adding a fiddle/banjo/steel guitar part to it) today, alongside a bit of hard rock like Led Zep and Van Halen, etc. Sounds similar to what The Cult/SDC were making got relegated to mostly college radio stations, if any radio airplay was received whatsoever. Stations like KROQ were "unicorns" and located primarily in very large cities---in the rest of the "flyover" areas, one truly needed to dig around to locate sounds like SDC unless one lived near a low-wattage college station open to playing "new music," "alternative music," and/or "college rock." One reason (continues to this day) is that radio stations outside of large cities target listeners aged 35+ (due to disposable income levels) and sounds such as SDC at the time did not resonate with many in that age group (but do today due to us growing up with it as part of our lives).
One person on Facebook responded with a detailed explanation which I posted right here.
Stephen Conway At the time of Southern Death Cult/Death Cult, etc. rock radio in the US was focused on 1970s stuff that "contemporary (2021) Country fans" dig (when adding a fiddle/banjo/steel guitar part to it) today, alongside a bit of hard rock like Led Zep and Van Halen, etc. Sounds similar to what The Cult/SDC were making got relegated to mostly college radio stations, if any radio airplay was received whatsoever. Stations like KROQ were "unicorns" and located primarily in very large cities---in the rest of the "flyover" areas, one truly needed to dig around to locate sounds like SDC unless one lived near a low-wattage college station open to playing "new music," "alternative music," and/or "college rock." One reason (continues to this day) is that radio stations outside of large cities target listeners aged 35+ (due to disposable income levels) and sounds such as SDC at the time did not resonate with many in that age group (but do today due to us growing up with it as part of our lives).
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