British rockers The Cult brought their loud, gritty rock to a packed Roseland Theater in Portland on Monday night playing their iconic 1987 album Electric in its entirety amongst a boisterous 23-song, two-hour long set. The Cult hit it big in the mid-1980s and for whatever reason fail to receive credit for ushering in grunge rock. Their brash, hard power-chord brand of music pre-dates the so-called grunge movement of the early 1990s, supposedly borne by Nirvana and Pearl Jam, by nearly a decade. Yet stand-outs like “Peace Dog” and “Spiritwalker” somehow get lost on those who opine in the music … Continue reading Concert Review: The Cult Keeps its Following