Recently Wade Tatangelo from McClatchy News conducted interview with The Cult frontman's Ian Astbury. Few excerpts are follow:

About being slammed by critics who fawned over bands like SONIC YOUTH and NIRVANA in the 1990s:

"We got caught in the guillotine of the critic's pen. (Expletive) the critics, with all due respect. (Expletive) the critics."

On how the grunge movement affected the "super-predator performers":

"We lost a generation of super-predator performers like Robert Plant and David Bowie . It became incredibly unfashionable to be a rock star. ... It was all about political correctness."

About playing in THE DOORS OF THE 21ST CENTURY , the group that famously featured founding members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek with Astbury taking over for Morrison (the group formed in 2002 and then, after legal problems, changed its name to RIDERS ON THE STORM ):

"I was totally self-conscious. Who wouldn't be?"

About how the experience changed his approach to much of THE CULT 's material:

"My psyche has been expanded. I think when I was younger, like a lot of performers looking for critical respect, I kind of crucified myself on stage for that reaction. I would do whatever it took to create a car crash on stage. But playing with Robby and Ray , I learned you're at your best when you're in control."

About the possibility of new THE CULT material surfacing soon:

"There's material. I've been writing like a dog since I was conceived."

Source McClatchy News

Resurrection will be heading into Red Room Recorders with veteran Morrisound Studios producer/engineer Mark Prator throughout the month of December. The EP will feature four songs with the tentative titles "Coward" , "Death By Desire" , "Unholy" , and "Ritual Slaughter" . The new material will be posted on the band's official web site as well as their MySpace page as soon as it is completed. RESURRECTION will also use the EP to shop to potential interested labels and hopes to land a new deal in early 2007.

RESURRECTION consists of original members

John Astl (guitar),
Paul DeGolyer (vocals)
Kevin Astl (drums; also in ADRIFT ),
and Scott Patrick (bass; also in COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN).

Source Resurrection

As previously reported, SLAYER will be touring North America in early 2007 supporting their current album, Christ Illusion. Confirmed dates with openers UNEARTH are now as follows:

January
25 - Las Vegas, NV at House of Blues Las Vegas
26 - Los Angeles, CA at The Wiltern LG

February
7 - London, ON at John Labatt Centre
8 - Hamilton, ON at Copps Coliseum
9 - Ottawa, ON at Scotia Bank Place Theatre
22 - Myrtle Beach, SC at House of Blues Myrtle Beach
23 - Lake Buena Vista, FL at House of Blues

Other cities to be announced include: Tucson, AZ, Sacramento, CA, Reno, NV, Salt Lake City, UT, Fargo, ND, Sioux Falls, SD, Kansas City, MO, Atlantic City, NJ, Providence, RI, New York, NY, Rochester, NY, Youngstown, OH, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Orlando, FL, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Washington, D.C.

Slayer's official website are holding a pre-sale for tickets at this location .

Source Slayer