Matthieu Hartley
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Matthieu Hartley was born in Smallfield, England on February 4, 1960. He was the first keyboards player for The Cure and served on their second album, Seventeen Seconds as well as serving as one of the keyboards players for the Cult Hero project. After a lengthy world tour to support that album, he quit from the band due to a difference in opinions with the other three members of the band at the time. Since leaving The Cure, he has played with different local bands and worked at a zoo and as a laborer. He still keeps in touch with Robert Smith, and lives close by.