LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APRIL 10, 2019…THIRTY YEARS AGO THE CULT RELEASED THEIR 4TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘SONIC TEMPLE’.
PRIOR TO THIS ALBUM’S RELEASE, THE BAND ACTUALLY RECORDED A DEMO OF THE RECORD IN 1988 WITH ERIC SINGER FROM KISS ON DRUMS. THEY THEN RECORDED A COMPLETE NEW DEMO WITH CHRIS TAYLOR ON DRUMS. THE SECOND DEMO IS THE ONE THE BAND WENT WITH.
SONIC TEMPLE IS THE FIRST TIME THE BAND WORKED WITH PRODUCER BOB ROCK, AND PEAKED AT #10 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS. SONIC TEMPLE SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES AND IS THE CULT’S HIGHEST CHARTING ALBUM IN THE USA.
THE RECORD WAS FUELED BY THIS SINGLE. HERE’S THE VIDEO FOR ‘FIRE WOMAN’
