The Cure personnel
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The Cure are known for having constant member changes.
The most recent change was in 2005, the first in 10 years, a personal record for the band.
The following is a list of the lineups in The Cure's history, including guest singers, side projects, and session musicians.
Note: This page only reflects each member's "official role" within the band. Members would regularly play many different instruments when recording.
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[edit] Personnel
| 1976 - 1978 ("Easy Cure") |
1978 - 1979 |
1979 - 1980 | 1980 - 1982 |
1982 - 1983 |
1983 - 1984 |
1984 - 1988 | 1988 - 1989 | 1990 | 1990 - 1993 |
1994 | 1995 - 2005 | 2005 - present | ||
| Vocals/ Guitar |
Robert Smith (1976 - present) |
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| Bass | Michael Dempsey (1976 - 1979) |
Simon Gallup (1979 - 1982) |
n/a (1982 - 1983) |
Phil Thornalley (1983 - 1984) |
Simon Gallup (1984 - present) |
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| Drums | Lol Tolhurst (1976 - 1982) |
n/a (1982 - 1983) |
Andy Anderson (1983 - 1984) |
Boris Williams (1984 - 1994) |
Jason Cooper (1995 - present) |
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| Second guitar |
Porl Thompson (1976 - 1978) |
n/a (1978 - 1984) |
Porl Thompson (1984 - 1994) |
n/a (1994 - 1995) |
Perry Bamonte (1995 - 2005) |
Porl Thompson (2005 - present) |
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| Keyboard | n/a | Matthieu Hartley (1979 - 1980) |
n/a (1980 - 1982) |
Lol Tolhurst (1982 - 1988) |
Roger O'Donnell (1988 - 1989) |
n/a (1990) |
Perry Bamonte (1990 - 1994) |
Roger O'Donnell (1995 - 2005) |
n/a (2005 - present) |
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[edit] Fully detailed timeline
| Dates & releases | Members & prominent instruments | Notes |
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| 1976-1978 |
The band were known as "Easy Cure" at this time. |
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| 1978-1979 Three Imaginary Boys and Boys Don't Cry |
Dempsey provides vocals for the track "Foxy Lady". |
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| 1979-1980 Seventeen Seconds |
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| 1980-1982 Faith and Pornography |
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| 1982-1983 Japanese Whispers |
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| 1984 The Top |
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| 1984 Concert |
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| 1984-1987 The Head on the Door and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
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| 1987-1988 |
O'Donnell at this point had effectively replaced Tolhurst. |
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| 1989 Disintegration and Entreat |
Generally considered to be the definitive incarnation of |
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| 1990 Mixed Up |
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| 1990-1993 Wish, Paris and Show |
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| 1994 "Purple Haze" and "Burn" |
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| 1994 |
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According to interviews, this was the lineup when Williams |
| 1995-2005 Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers and The Cure |
Boris Williams joined the band in 2001 for a one-off acoustic |
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| 2005 |
Short period of time following the firing of O'Donnell and |
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| 2005-present |
The confirmed lineup for The Cure's forthcoming album. |
[edit] Guest/session musicians
- Siouxsie Sioux - backing vocals on the b-side "I'm Cold", 1979
- Steve Severin - bass on the Flexipop version of "Lament", 1982
- Gary Biddles - guest vocals during the Pornography Tour, 1982
- Steve Goulding - drums on the single "Let's Go to Bed" and its b-side "Just One Kiss", 1982
- Derek Thompson - bass for The Oxford Road Show in April, 1983
- Vince Ely - drums during the Top Tour, 1984 (between Andy Anderson leaving and Boris Williams joining)
- Ron Howe - saxophone on the album track "A Night Like This", 1985
- Andrew Brennan - saxophone on the album tracks "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!!!", 1987
- Kate Wilkinson - viola on the album track "To Wish Impossible Things", 1992
- Caroline Crawley - backing vocals on the b-side "Halo", 1992
- Roberto Suave - bass guitar during the European leg of the Wish Tour, 1992 (while Simon Gallup was hospitalised with pleurisy)
- Over a dozen guest musicians performed on Wild Mood Swings, 1996 (see article for full list)
- Reeves Gabrels - guest guitarist on "Wrong Number", 1997
- Samantha Sprackling - sings a duet with Robert Smith on the song "Just Say Yes", 2001
[edit] Related bands
- Cult Hero - Frank Bell, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Matthieu Hartley, Janet Smith, Margaret Smith
- The Glove - Robert Smith, Steve Severin, Andy Anderson, Martin McCarrick, Jeannette Landray, Ginny Heyes, Anne Stephenson
- Fools Dance - Simon Gallup, Gary Biddles, Ron Howe, Stuart Curran, Pete Gardner
- Presence - Lol Tolhurst, Gary Biddles, Roberto Suave, Chris Youdell, Alan Burgess, Rob Steen
- Babacar - Boris Williams, Porl Thompson, Caroline Crawley, Roberto Suave, Tristan Powell, Rob Steen, Bruno Ellingham
- COGASM - Robert Smith, Reeves Gabrels, Jason Cooper
- Levinhurst - Cindy Levinson, Lol Tolhurst
