Important Dates: THE CURE was founded in 1972, originally called Easy Cure
"There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off." - Robert Smith
I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me. - Robert Smith
My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible. - Robert Smith
Like I can't cry for myself so I will let this song take all of the things inside I can't let anyone else see and offer it up, as if the sound were some kind of god, and my pain is some kind of sacrifice. - Robert Smith
Original Line Up: Robert Smith – vocals, rhythm guitar.
Porl Thompson – lead guitar.
Lol Tolhurst – keyboards.
Simon Gallup – bass.
Boris Williams – drums.
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards.
I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was. - Robert Smith
You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous. - Robert Smoth
"When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all those weird songs." - Robert Smith
Congratulations to Robert and the boys! May you have many more years of music making to come!!!
Credits:
Created with images by Diego Catto - "guitars" • matreena - "vinyl music gramophone" • Eszter Biró - "Musician’s shoes in purple smoke" • Chaz McGregor - "Full venue during a performance" • ignatsevichserg - "guitar music rock musical instrument guitarist street"