| For other uses, see Cure.The Cure live in Singapore in 2007.The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976.The members of The Cure first started releasing music in the late 1970s.After the release of 1982's Pornography, the band's future was uncertain and frontman Robert Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had cultivated.The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States, where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Top 40 charts.By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world and have sold an estimated 27 million albums as of 2004.As of 2007, The Cure have released twelve studio albums and over thirty singles, with a thirteenth album in the works.Music videos
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5.The first incarnation of what became The Cure was The Obelisk, a band formed by students at Notre Dame Middle School in Crawley, Sussex.April 1973, and featured Robert Smith (piano), Michael Dempsey (guitar), Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst (percussion), Marc Ceccagno (lead guitar) and Alan Hill on bass guitar.Increasingly influenced by the emergence of punk rock, Malice's remaining members became known as Easy Cure in January 1977.Following disagreements in March of 1978 over the direction the band should take, the contract with Hansa was dissolved.Smith later recalled "We were very young.Dempsey) was soon renamed The Cure by Smith.Later that month the band recorded their first sessions as a trio at Chestnut Studios in Sussex which were distributed as a demo tape to a dozen major record labels.Fiction finalised distribution arrangements with Polydor, on December 22, 1978 The Cure released their debut single "Killing an Arab" on the Small Wonder label.The band placed a sticker label that denied the racist connotations on the single's 1979 reissue on Fiction."With a John Peel session and more extensive London gigging on their immediate agenda, it remains to be seen whether or not The Cure can retain their refreshing joie de vivre."The Cure released their debut album Three Imaginary Boys in May 1979.Due to the band's inexperience in the studio, Parry and engineer Mike Hedges took control of the recording.There were criticisms made that it was very lightweight, and I thought they were justified.Even when we'd made it, I wanted to do something that I thought had more substance to it."The band's second single "Boys Don't Cry" was released in June.The Banshees' Join Hands promotional tour of England, Northern Ireland and Wales between August and October.The tour saw Smith pull double duty each night by performing with The Cure and as the guitarist with The Banshees when John McKay quit the group.That musical experience had a strong impact on him."On stage that first night with the Banshees, I was blown away by how powerful I felt playing that kind of music.It was so different to what we were doing with The Cure.The Cure's third single "Jumping Someone Else's Train" was released in early October 1979.Soon afterwards, Dempsey was sacked from the band due to his cool reception to material Smith had written for the upcoming album.New Wave band The Magspies joined The Cure.Problems listening to the file?The album was a departure from The Cure's sound up to that point, with Hedges describing it as "morose, atmospheric, very different to Three Imaginary Boys."In its review of Seventeen Seconds the NME said "For a group as young as The Cure, it seems amazing that they have covered so much territory in such a brief time."And it seemed like we were trying to be more obscure.The whole thing really got out of hand."Boys Don't Cry, with new artwork and a new tracklist.The Cure set out on their first world tour to promote both releases.The band reconvened with Hedges to produce 1981's Faith, which furthered the mood of misery present on Seventeen Seconds.Included with cassette copies of Faith was an instrumental soundtrack for Carnage Visors, an animated film shown in place of an opening act for the band's 1981 Picture Tour.By this point the somber mood of the music was having a profound effect on the attitude of the band.The Cure would refuse requests for older songs in concert, and sometimes Smith would be so absorbed by the persona he projected onstage he would leave at the end in tears.In 1982 The Cure recorded and released Pornography, the third and final album of an "oppressively dispirited" trio that cemented the Cure's stature as purveyors of the emerging gothic rock genre.But it had nothing to do with the group, it just had to do with what I was like, my age and things.Parry was concerned that the album did not have a hit song for radio play and instructed Smith and producer Phil Thornalley to polish the track "The Hanging Garden" for release as a single.The tour also saw a series of incidents that prompted Simon Gallup to leave The Cure at the tour's conclusion.Gallup and Smith did not talk to each other for eighteen months following his departure.Banshees, rumors spread that The Cure had broken up.In December of 1982, Smith remarked to Melody Maker "Do The Cure really exist any more?He added, "Whatever happens, it won't be me, Laurence, and Simon together any more.Parry was concerned at the state of his label's top band, and became convinced that the solution was for The Cure to reinvent its musical style.Parry managed to convince Smith and Tolhurst of the idea; Parry said, "It appealed to Robert because he wanted to destroy The Cure anyway."Banshees, contributing his playing skills on their Nocturne live video and his writing on their Hyaena studio album.Meanwhile, he also recorded the Blue Sunshine album with Banshees bassist Steven Severin as The Glove.Melody Maker praised the album as "psychedelia that can't be dated," while pondering, "I've yet to meet anyone who can tell me why The Cure are having hits now of all times."Released in late 1984, The Cure's first live album, Concert consisted of performances from this tour.Near the tour's end, Anderson was fired for destroying a hotel room and was replaced by Boris Williams.However, the bassist slot was not vacant long, for a Cure roadie named Gary Biddles had brokered a reunion between Smith and former bassist Simon Gallup, who in the meantime had been playing in the band Fools Dance.The Head on the Door, an album which managed to meld the melodic and pessimistic aspects of the band they had previously shifted between.LP's two singles, "In Between Days" and "Close to Me".The Cure toured to support the compilation and released a live concert VHS of the show, filmed in the south of France called The Cure in Orange.During this time, The Cure became a very popular band in Europe (particularly in France, Germany and the Benelux countries) and increasingly popular in the U.Los Angeles resulted in tragedy when a fan committed suicide by stabbing himself to death as the band took the stage.US (where it was certified platinum), due to the combination of the band's rising popularity and the success of lead single, "Why Can't I Be You?"After the album's release, the band embarked on the successful Kiss Tour.During the European leg of the tour, Lol Tolhurst's alcohol consumption was interfering with his ability to perform so Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Roger O'Donnell was frequently called upon to stand in for him.In 1989 The Cure released the album Disintegration, which saw a return to the dark imagery of earlier releases.It became their highest charting album in the UK to date, entering at number three and featuring three Top 30 singles in the UK and Germany ("Lullaby", "Lovesong" and "Pictures of You").The first single stateside, "Fascination Street," reached number one on the American Modern Rock chart, but was quickly overshadowed when its third US single, "Lovesong," reached number two on the American pop charts (the only Cure single to reach the US Top 10).Smith as The Cure's only remaining founding member.Smith attributed Tolhurst's dismissal to an inability to exert himself and issues with alcohol, concluding, "He was out of step with everything.It had just become detrimental to everything we'd do."Because Tolhurst was still on the payroll during the recording of Disintegration, he was credited in the album's liner notes as playing "other instruments," however it has since been revealed that he contributed nothing to the album in either performance or songwriting.The Cure then embarked on the Prayer Tour, which saw the band playing stadiums in America.In May 1990, Roger O'Donnell left the band and was replaced by the band's guitar tech Perry Bamonte.That November, The Cure released a collection of remixes called Mixed Up.The one new song on the collection, "Never Enough", was released as a single.In 1991 The Cure were awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Band.That same year Lol Tolhurst filed a lawsuit against Robert Smith and Fiction Records in 1991 over royalties payments, and claimed joint ownership of the name "The Cure" with Smith; the verdict was handed out in September 1994 in favor of Smith.In respite from the lawsuit the band returned to the studio to record their next album.Wish reached number one in the UK and number two in the US and yielded the international hits "High" and "Friday I'm in Love".The Cure also embarked on the "Wish Tour" with Portsmouth's Cranes and released the live albums Show (September 1993) and Paris (October 1993).As a promotional exercise with the Our Price music chain in the UK, a limited edition EP was released consisting of instrumental outtakes from the Wish sessions.Entitled Lost Wishes, the proceeds from the four track cassette tape went to charity.In the years between the release of Wish and the start of sessions for The Cure's next album, the band's lineup shifted again.Porl Thompson left the band once more during 1993 to play with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and Bamonte took over as lead guitarist.The album sessions began in 1994 with only Smith and Barmonte present; the pair were later joined by Gallup (who was recovering from physical problems), and Roger O'Donnell, who had been asked to rejoin the band at the end of 1994.Wild Mood Swings, finally released in 1996, was poorly compared to previous albums and marked the end of the band's commercial peak.Early in 1996 the Cure played festivals in South America, followed by a world tour in support of the album.Galore contained all of the Cure's singles released between 1987 and 1997, as well as the new single "Wrong Number," which featured longtime David Bowie guitarist Reeves Gabrels.Gabrels also accompanied the Cure on a brief American radio festival tour as an onstage guest guitarist for "Wrong Number."Files: Fight the Future as well as the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses, with their cover of "World in My Eyes."Sample of "Out of This World" from Bloodflowers.With only one album left in their record contract and with commercial response to Wild Mood Swings and the Galore compilation lackluster, Smith once again considered that the end of The Cure might be near and thus wanted to make an album that reflected the more serious side of the band.In 2001 The Cure left Fiction and released their Greatest Hits album and DVD, which featured the music videos for a number of classic Cure songs.These performances were released on DVD as The Cure: Trilogy in 2003.In the spring of 2003, The Cure signed to Geffen Records.The band released their twelfth album The Cure on Geffen Records in 2004, which was produced by nu metal guru Ross Robinson.It made a top ten debut on both sides of the Atlantic in July 2004 and debuted in the top 30 in Australia.To promote this album, the band headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on May 2.Between July 24 to August 29, The Cure headlined the Curiosa concert tour of North America.The concert had two stages and featured a lineup, including Interpol, The Rapture, and Mogwai on the main stage and the supporting bands such as Muse, Scarling.The Cure in concert in 2004.From left to right: Robert Smith, Jason Cooper, and Simon Gallup.The band was awarded the MTV Icon for 2004.Letter to Elise"), Razorlight ("Boys Don't Cry") and the Deftones ("If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"), and was hosted by Marilyn Manson.John Peel evening session on BBC Radio 1, shortly before Peel's death.In May 2005, Roger O' Donnell and Perry Bamonte left the band.The remaining members of the band (Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Jason Cooper) made a few appearances as a trio before it was announced in June that Porl Thompson would be returning for the band's 2005 summer shows, including their set at Live 8 in Paris on July 2nd.It is available for download on the Amnesty website, while the album has been scheduled to be released on CD in 2006.In 2006 The Cure appeared at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 April 2006, on behalf of the Teenage Cancer Trust.It was their only show through to the end the year.In December a live DVD, entitled The Cure: Festival 2005 including 30 songs of their 2005 Festival tour was released.The Cure have been writing and recording material for a new album since 2006.Smith stated "What will probably happen is that a double album will come out like a limited edition, mixed by me.They rescheduled the dates for Spring of 2008.Musical style
The Cure are often identified with the gothic rock subgenre of alternative rock, and are viewed as one of the form's definitive bands.However, the band has routinely rejected classification, particularly as a gothic rock band.Robert Smith said in 2006, "It's so pitiful when 'goth' is still tagged onto the name The Cure," and added, "We're not categorisable.While typically viewed as producers of dark and gloomy music, The Cure have also yielded a number of upbeat songs.The Cure's primary musical traits have been listed as "dominant, melodic bass lines; whiny, strangulated vocals; and a lyric obsession with existential, almost literary despair."Legacy
The Cure were one of the first alternative bands to have chart and commercial success in an era before alternative rock had broken into the mainstream.In 1992 the NME declared The Cure had during the 1980s become "a goth hit machine (19 to date), an international phenomenon and, yep, the most successful alternative band that ever shuffled disconsolately about the earth."The Cure has served as a major influence on many artists that have emerged during the band's thirty year career, including Jane's Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Dinosaur Jr.The Cure in popular culture
Several references to The Cure and their music have been made in popular culture.USA) has made several references to The Cure.The song "Apart" was prominently featured in one of the last episodes of Season 1.Additionally, in season 3, Peyton and Elie have a disagreement about what is the best album by The Cure, Disintegration or Wish.The Cure's gloomy image has been the subject of parody at times.At another point in the series, a powerful gothic hairspray, Goth Juice, is said to be "The most powerful hairspray known to man.Made from the tears of Robert Smith."The Mary Whitehouse Experience often featured brief clips of the stars of the show performing comical songs and nursery rhymes as The Cure in a morose style.Trey Parker, who is a fan of The Cure.Music videos
The Cure have been making music videos for their singles since their first video for "A Forest" in 1980.The Cure's early videos have been described as "dreadful affairs" and have been maligned for their poor quality, particularly by the band itself.Lol Tolhurst said, "Those videos were unmitigated disasters; we weren't actors and our personalities weren't coming across."It was with the video for "Let's Go to Bed", their first collaboration with director Tim Pope, that The Cure would become noted for their videos.Pope would go on to direct the majority of The Cure's videos, and his videos, which became synonymous with the band, helped expand The Cure's audience during the 1980s.When directing Cure videos, Pope has been given control of selecting whatever concepts he wants, which have ranged from stuffing the band into a wardrobe closet and throwing them off a cliff into the water below ("Close to Me") to having Smith devoured by a giant spider ("Lullaby").Move Day 2: The Cure interview."Taking The Cure With Robert"."Ain't No Blues for the Summertime Cure.""The Cure Play It Pure"."Days of Wine and Poses.""The Cure: The Art of Falling Apart"."The Cure take the icon test".Retrieved on 25 March 2007.Update: Two Members Exit The Cure.New Cure Album Shifts From Fall To Next Spring.The Cure seeing double on 13th studio album.Smith seeks cure for writers' block."The Cure: Caught In The Act.""The Cure: Confessions of a Pop Mastermind".Cure's Smith Takes Cartoon Detour To South Park.All Music Guide (AllMusic.Never Enough: The Story of the Cure.Hopkins, Robert Smith and T.See Copyrights for details.All Music Guide link
Pitchfork (7.Initial pressings included a bonus DVD "Making 'The Cure'", which featured video footage of The Cure recording the backing tracks and "scratch" (guide) vocals to three of the songs included on the album.Overview
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2.The band also premiered the song "The End of the World" on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.In the Summer of 2004, the band launched the Curiosa festival, where they performed shows across the United States with other bands that have been inspired by The Cure, including Mogwai, Interpol and Muse.At the end of the year, all of the main twelve songs on The Cure (including "Going Nowhere") were played live.In and a fair few others.Smith has described it as "Cure heavy", as opposed to "nu metal heavy".The entire album was recorded live in the studio, according to what is mentioned in the CD booklet.It and "Truth Goodness and Beauty" were never released in North America (except as a video in the DVD).This song was played live on 21 October 2007.Trivia
Presence, the band that Lol Tolhurst played in following his departure from The Cure in the early 1990s, also released a song called "Never".Porl Thompson also contributed to several songs for The Cure, though none were included on the album.Cure at a 73 meaning that the critical response has been generally positive.Playlouder, Rolling Stone Magazine, Stylus Magazine, Tiny Mix Tapes Pitchfork, E!The album was rated as average by: All Music Guide and Blender.The Guardian described it as a "masterful performance all round".June 2004, page 55)
Rolling Stone rated it as four stars saying "it's the grooviest thing, it's a perfect dream."Entertainment Weekly stated: "As with Prince on Musicology, Smith allows the Cure's current lineup to become his own tribute band".Best tracks: "Lost", "Never", "The End of the World".New Cure Album Due In Late June
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