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Is There Life After Bowie? A Conversation with The Cult’s Ian Astbury

A few weeks ahead of Hidden City’s release, Astbury was still reeling from the death of David Bowie, a figure he described as his “north star.” In addition to the new record and a few “highly educational” near-death experiences, we spoke about Bowie’s immense legacy and how meeting him in the ‘80s helped Astbury choose the path he still finds himself on today.

I have some friends who aren’t with us anymore who were Bowie devotees, and I feel like going to the grave and sharing the news with them, because I know even in the grave they would weep. It’s that profound. I’m sure you’ve observed some of the UK media that’s like, “Well, we can’t have this. That’s enough blubbering, now. It’s getting childish.” No, motherfucker, the sky fell. The sun went out. Feel the weight of this. He was a sentinel, exploring the human condition — the spirit. Science and Nietzche had put us in a place now where we were considering our experience in a very different way, but the church and science couldn’t explain everything. So here we are in modern society, in our glass and concrete buildings, all of a sudden going,
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