You know what's funny, as soon as this thing started I thought the lead singer, Ian Astbury, sounded a lot like Jim Morrison revived in the '80s hair metal scene. Well turns out the guy fronted a The Doors tribute band with some of the Doors' core members. Pretty cool - I haven't listened to that tribute band but I can only assume he does a good enough job. As for 'The Cult' and this album in particular, it's pretty good all things considered. I mean this sound has gotten kind of stale for me - but I genuinely have no complaints when it comes to the vocals, playing, and song structures here...it's just they're nothing really special either. I did like the song 'Lil Devil' quite a bit.