It was a difficult time, but the music was so important to me. It sounds like a cliche, but we were really poor. During the same time, my father attempted suicide. It was a pretty rough time and the music really got me through it. The whole philosophy was to get a guitar, learn three chords and form a band. The idea of being in a band wasn’t so crazy, you know? There was a real feeling of just ‘do it yourself’. That was the when my love affair with punk rock and glam rock began. I even went to school with a safety pin in my school tie. We all started dressing in punk clothes every day. I started going to all these punk shows and that was when I really got involved in street culture. By ’78, I was in Glasgow and I was able to go see The Clash, The Banshees, The Ramones, The Damned and The Stranglers. I had moved straight into punk rock in Canada. She wanted to go back to Scotland to die with her family around her, so we went back to Glasgow in 1978. My mother was dying of cancer when I was about 14. When did you go back to Europe? Did you go to Scotland or did you go to Liverpool? I think the most direct influence was Ziggy Stardust, Low, Heroes and The Man Who Sold The World definitely. I think every phase he went through influenced me, though. The Ronson/Bowie period is still a big influence on The Cult right now. What era of Bowie was the most influential to you? Was it when he was with Ronson? I liked The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis. I stayed with that, but I had a little stint into progressive rock, like Rush. Then I came to Canada and saw bands like the New York Dolls. I think my first real love was with David Bowie and the early ’70s glam rock. I had a couple of older aunts that used to listen to a lot of Beatles’ music. Growing up in Liverpool, I grew up around the Beatles. I’m definitely a Celtic kid.ĭuring your upbringing, how did you get influenced to do what you do? I immigrated to Canada when I was 11 and I came back to Scotland when I was 16. So you grew up between Liverpool and Glasgow?Īnd I spent five years in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I grew up in a town called Birkenhead, which is just across the river from Liverpool and Glasgow, Scotland. My name is Ian Robert Astbury, also known as the ‘Wolf Child’. This is really more of a personal thing about why you do what you do and your passion for it. We’re going to start with a little background, so that the readers know where you came from. THERE WAS ROCK N’ ROLL, PUNK ROCK AND DEATH ROCK AND ALL THE KIDS JUST HUNG OUT TOGETHER.” IF YOU WERE INTO MUSIC, THAT WAS THE ONLY CREDENTIAL YOU NEEDED. Read on, and see if the proof hasn’t been proved…Ian Astbury is proof of the NOW… “THERE WAS THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY OF PUNK KIDS, SKATEBOARDERS, AND ROCK KIDS AND THEY WERE ALL INTO MUSIC. Some trip, others don’t…You do with what you have… Trust in what you’re dealt… Make the most of it… You’ll be surprised at what happens with the now… Again and again, it never lets you down, you let yourself down, and that’s just the way it happens. What we do now, that is the question… Ian is this process… Life is a journey.
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