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Hartley performed on Seventeen Seconds, but by August 1980 had left the band. [6] Keyboards on Faith and Pornography were performed by Smith, Gallup and Tolhurst. [7] [8] Following the end of the Pornography touring cycle in June 1982, Gallup left the Cure and the band was placed on a temporary hiatus. [9]
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, songwriting) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current lineup features Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar), Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Roger O'Donnell (keyboards), and Jason Cooper (drums).
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Back in 2005 Yahoo Entertainment chatted with Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, and Robert Smith of the Cure about their band's revolving door of musicians over the years.
The Cure’s lineup remained in flux for years as Smith shifted the band’s sound from post-punk to goth to tuneful pop/rock, eventually writing massive Top 40 hits like 1987’s “Just Like ...
Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. Currently a member of The Cure since 2012, Gabrels is also known for his work with David Bowie and Tin Machine from 1987 to 1999.
During the tour supporting the Pornography album in 1982, band relations within The Cure became contentious. After a performance in Strasbourg, France, on 27 May 1982, Gallup and Robert Smith got into a fistfight reportedly over a disputed bar tab. [2] The tour continued, and at another performance in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 June, the band invited roadie Gary Biddles (a friend of Gallup's) on ...
If I told you 40 years ago, when the Cure was in the midst of its new-wave wonder moment, that the band would craft an inventively elegiac epic like “Songs for a Lost World” — a singular ...