Pretty much a classic now:
Stern has been a supporter of that band for awhile now. I think they are tremendous, and suffered from not being something record companies could easily package as falling within one category of music or another. Their distinctiveness hurt them, I think.
I can see that, though I think of Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, and Sisters of Mercy as goth rock. To me, the Cult are mostly straight ahead rock. Distant cousins with something like the Smithereens. They had a kind of hair band look, but not completely. So they didn't really fit in with, say, an AC/DC or a Motley Crue. And the singer didn't have the looks of an Axel Rose or Joe Elliott that would have made it easier to transcend categories. All this reinforces my point, I think. In any case, some great music from those guys.They always fell under the "Goth Rock" label for me, but they're probably more Rock than Goth these days.
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