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.

1 Personnel
2 Fully detailed timeline
3 Guest/session musicians
4 Related bands
5 See also

[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)
Bass	Michael Dempsey (1976 - 1979)		Simon Gallup (1979 - 1982)		n/a (1982 - 1983)	Phil Thornalley (1983 - 1984)		Simon Gallup (1985 - present)
Drums	Lol Tolhurst (1976 - 1982)				n/a (1982 - 1983)	Andy Anderson (1983 - 1984)		Boris Williams (1984 - 1994)					Jason Cooper (1995 - present)
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)
Keyboard	n/a		Matthieu Hartley (1979 - 1980)	n/a (1980 - 1982)	Lol Tolhurst (1982 - 1988)				Roger O'Donnell (1987 - 1989)	n/a (1990)	Perry Bamonte (1990 - 1994)		Roger O'Donnell (1995 - 2005)	n/a (2005 - present)

[edit] Fully detailed timeline

Dates & releases	Members & prominent instruments	Notes
1976-1978	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Michael Dempsey - bass Porl Thompson - guitar Lol Tolhurst - drums	The band were known as "Easy Cure" at this time.
1978-1979 Three Imaginary Boys	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Michael Dempsey - bass Lol Tolhurst - drums	Dempsey provides vocals for the track "Foxy Lady".
1979-1980 Seventeen Seconds	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Lol Tolhurst - drums Matthieu Hartley - keyboards
1980-1982 Faith and Pornography	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup - bass Lol Tolhurst - drums
1982-1983 Japanese Whispers	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Lol Tolhurst - keyboards, drum machine Phil Thornalley - bass on "The Lovecats" Andy Anderson - drums on "The Lovecats"
1984 The Top	Robert Smith - vocals, multiple instruments Lol Tolhurst - multiple instruments Porl Thompson - saxophone Andy Anderson - drums, percussion
1984 Concert	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Lol Tolhurst - keyboards Porl Thompson - guitar Phil Thornalley - bass Andy Anderson - drums
1984-1987 The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Porl Thompson - guitar Lol Tolhurst - keyboards Boris Williams - drums
1987-1988	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Porl Thompson - guitar Lol Tolhurst - keyboards Roger O'Donnell - keyboards Boris Williams - drums	O'Donnell at this point had effectively replaced Tolhurst.
1989 Disintegration and Entreat	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Porl Thompson - guitar Roger O'Donnell - keyboards Boris Williams - drums	Tolhurst is listed as an official sixth group member on Disintegration, credited with playing "Other instrument". However, it was later revealed he had no part in the writing, recording or performance of the album.
1990 Mixed Up	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Porl Thompson - guitar Boris Williams - drums
1990-1993 Wish, Paris and Show	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Porl Thompson - guitar Perry Bamonte - keyboards, guitar Boris Williams - drums
1994 "Purple Haze" and "Burn"	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Perry Bamonte - keyboards, guitar Boris Williams - drums
1994	Robert Smith - vocals, multiple instruments Perry Bamonte - multiple instruments	According to interviews, this was the lineup when Williams had left the band and Gallup was on a temporary vacation.
1995-2005 Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers and The Cure	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Roger O'Donnell - keyboards Perry Bamonte - guitar Jason Cooper - drums	Boris Williams joined the band in 2001 for a one-off acoustic performance to commemorate the Greatest Hits compilation.
2005	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Jason Cooper - drums	Short period of time following the firing of O'Donnell and Bamonte. The band filmed a few performances for LAUNCH and recorded a cover of John Lennon's "Love" for Amnesty.
2005-present	Robert Smith - vocals, guitar Simon Gallup - bass Porl Thompson - guitar, keyboards Jason Cooper - drums	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 Soave - 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 - guitar on the single "Wrong Number", 1997
Samantha Sprackling - guest vocals on the song "Just Say Yes", 2001

[edit] Related bands

Note: This is a list of only each band's members who have either been a part of, or performed with The Cure. For full lineup details see the individual articles.