Got to meet Matt at a party, we went to hang in the drum room and took turns behind the kit, we talked and played. He was so gracious and cool. He also had his shit down, rudiments and all. I did not know who he was till someone told me later. Much respect.

I have Matt Sorum's drum stick from when he played with the Cult at Manchester Apollo on the Sonic Temple tour. At the end of the gig a drumstick came flying into the crowd and I just stuck my hand up and caught it. First time I ever done owt like that. Still have it.

Worked with The Cult from early to late, Matt was fabulous and such great fun! Loved them all and will continue to!

Saw them open for Metallica 89 I think sonic temple tour. Blew me away. They nailed it that night.

The Cult were it.

I love The Cult. I saw the Electric tour and the Sonic Temple tour back in the day. I had so many posters and their records. Great band. Their Love album was something that carried me through a tumultuous time.

Got the gig but quit smiling so much... Epic 😂. Saw him with Cult, Guns and Idle. He´s one of my personal top3 drummers of MY Generation, Matt, Gregg and Brian, ( alongside the gods like Bonzo, Paicey, Ringo and Cozy ). Love it!👍

Saw them in Memphis '90. I believe it was the last night of the Sonic Temple tour. They headlined, (Jason)Bonham opened. Ian's voice was nearly gone from the touring. But I was really impressed with the hired-gun on the drums. He nailed all of his parts and he was swinging his big boom mic stand back and forth doing backing vocals, just working his ass off. I later heard that GnR had picked him up after the Cult gig played out. Of course that drummer was Matt Sorum.

Matt's a fun guy. Love hearing his stories. Especially the GnR stories.

Great story! Saw The Cult this summer...EPIC performance!!! Haven't seen them in years! 💞🎶🎸🥁🎶💞

Matt Sorum was the big great the cult s drummer after brezicky. I had the fortune to heard him play with the cult and with the g’n’roses. He s great! Sorry for my english.

Cool story. Thanks for sharing.

Love it!

Just seen Matt at The Scorpions concert very humble handsome and has caresma for sure .

That was awesome. The Cult are my favourite band bar none

Matt is a cool guy. Cult dude awesome band. I dig Love Nd Electric albums the most

Disneyland seems to have been a huge start for a lot of great talent. That says a lot about their program!

I saw The Cult open for Metallica on the Justice/Sonic Temples tour. And The Cult just killed it! So good! And Matt was great that day. Saw him with Guns too on the opening night of the Illusions tour at Alpine. Again, Matt was great! And he just seems like a stand up cool guy.

Cool story. Love The Cult 🤘

Going to see them in two days in Saskatoon.

That's great!

The Cult are releasing a brand new album on Oct. 7th. I’m really looking forward to it! “Under The Midnight Sun” CFFC 🙌🏼

Saw that tour: Dec 31NYE - Long Beach. April - Irvine Meadows. Senior year. Killer shows.

I know another drummer for the Cult, Scott Garrett. Great drummer, fantastic person. We were the same height and had very similar long naturally corkscrew curly hair and a couple times people would think I was Scott back in the day. I traveled with Scott on the tour bus with the band he was in called Neverland. A very good friend of mine Gary Lee was the bass player for Neverland. Fun times back in the day.

At the time, smiling 😃 belonged to Van Halen 😄 The late Eddie smiled a lot especially when singing. Billy Duffy met him and enjoyed his company. 😃 RIP Eddie van Halen.

Matt seems like such a cool dude.His interview in the Slash documentary is really funny.

great drummer!

Donna looks like Tori Amos ! Matt’s a great storyteller!

You got the gig.. but quit smiling so much! Lol! Awesome!!

I remember my boyfriend at the time who was opening for them, taking me back stage and met Ian and his girlfriend Edie and they were so super nice.

Haha! That’s funny!

Matt Sorum is one of the coolest and non-pretentious people in music. Cool AF!!!

"Quit smiling so much". It seems to me that while he was in The Cult, Jamie Stewart was smiling a lot. Especially while performing. Quite energetic playing the bass. Of course he got fed up with Ian and Billy bickering and got out.

I got a call from an English guy that ran a jam night at a club in Hollywood called the CENTRAL on a Tuesday afternoon and he asked to come down and have a jam with these two English guys who where looking for a drummer to go on major tour. They where Jamie Stewart and Ian Ashbury from a band called the CULT whom I had never heard of. I got behind the drums and the bass player plugged in his bass and there was a black guitar player that Matt Sorum played with long time ago by the name of Gregg Wright. Ian Ashbury took the mike and looked at the guitar player and asked if he knew a blues song called "La casa roca" meaning Red House by Jimi Hendrix!! We started to play and Ashbury proceeded to bastardize the song and it was just awful! The guitar player looked at me like he was about to push his ass right off the stage! The bass player Jamie was cool but Ashbury was a total asshole! After the jam they asked me if I would be interested to come to studio where they rehearsing in Burbank for a full audition. I politely declined. I did not like Ian Ashbury's arrogance as well as his singing. Next thing I knew Matt Sorum was playing the "La Casa Roca"!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💩💩💩💩

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I really liked the Cult but was kind of bummed when they made the AC/DC thing with Rick Rubin. They should have stuck with their look and sound and saw it through. Easy for me to say. They clearly made the big money by doing the former. As for Sorum I saw them open those Seattle 89 And Justice For All shows. He was so solid. The way I remember it, his time was so good. One of the few drummers from that era that kept the tempos back a bit so there was a lot of space in an arena setting. And yes he played a black Yamaha. 😅

i've heard a couple of matt sorum interviews over the years and I like the guy. He doesn't talk with false modesty, which is super annoying and he doesn't oversell himself either. Plus he seems to remember everyone's names

Axl Rose frisked me at the airport and called me punk.

Drink every time the host says “yeah.” You’ll be hammered in 5 minutes.

I was in a punk band from 1978 to 1981. If we had hair like that, we wouldn't be able to fight ourselves out of trouble. and trouble was there a plenty.

Matt, did you know Steve Reynolds from Last Exit back in the day?

I saw The Cult at the 1995 Big Day Out in Melbourne. They totally blew every other band off the stage, but most of the crowd were there to see new wave hacks such as Hole. I felt like I was one of the few to appreciate how awesome the Cult were. P.S. On the positive side, the fact that hardly anyone else seemed interested made it easier to get near the front and get a good view of the show.

Stop smiling so much and you've got the gig!

Yup, we don't smile in the Rock's music business they say. :-)

Best hard rock band ever

The girl at 1:02 is Tori Amos.

The cult are it….

Lol

Why did he not play on any album?

He should be drumming for gunners now

Let's hear about that poodle mullet. That looks like a story on it's own.

Ok I thought it was like cult like black magic or something, turned out it's the band.

Any rock or metal band that smiles during shows are not a serious music machine.

The Cult was so much better before Electric.

Then GNR poached him.

He should have stayed with them instead of bailing for GNR

He was pretty rude to that guy audition for velvet revolver

ok all the AI enhanced photos are creepy...it always screws up the eyes!!!!

I would LOVE to have all the $$$$ Sorum spent on coke.

As a rock drummer myself, I totally agree with Ian's advice to Matt not to smile so much. For me rock and roll and The Cult are serious business. There's no room for a cheesy, smiling, dorky looking drummer behind a rock kit. Moments of a sly, sexy smile are cool but definitely not a sh*# eating grin kind of smile. Leave that for Sesame Street.

Is this a bot narrating this or a person?

Just stop smiling so fvcking much. ... Why is that staying with me as great, life advice?

Horrible interview, but I will say that this video is perfect for a drinking game for every time the interviewer says "yeah". I'll have to try it and see if anyone can remain vertical by the time it ends. 🙄

Love the Cults albums. But they are boring live!

"Don't smile so much"...Yep..they pretty much sums up the 90's grunge/industrial metal scene. Mope around on stage ..let the audience experience your depression with you. LAME!