The Cure are known for having constant member changes. The following is a list of the lineups in The Cure's history, including guest singers, side projects, and session musicians.
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Whilst The Cure's second guitarist is ostensibly the lead guitarist, they do in fact share lead duties with Smith.
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Malice Jan '76–Apr '76 |
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The full names of "Graham" and his brother were not documented by the band. |
Malice Apr '76–Jan '77 |
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It was after Creasy left that the band changed their name to "Easy Cure". |
Easy Cure Jan '77–Sep '77 |
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The member known only as "Gary X" was the band's vocalist for a brief period in March 1977, before being replaced by O'Toole in April. |
Easy Cure Sep '77–Apr '78 |
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It was after O'Toole left the band that Smith took up vocal duties for the first time. |
Porl Thompson was dropped from the lineup in April, 1978, because his lead guitar style was at odds with Smith's growing preference for minimalist songwriting. This is when the band changed their name to The Cure.
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1978–1979 Three Imaginary Boys |
Dempsey provides vocals for the album track "Foxy Lady". | |
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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Porl Thompson guested on The Top, playing saxophone. This instigated his rejoining the band as lead guitarist. |
1984 Concert and Live in Japan |
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1984–1987 The Head on the Door, The Cure in Orange and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me |
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1987–1988 |
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O'Donnell at this point had effectively replaced Tolhurst. |
1989 Disintegration and Entreat |
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Lol Tolhurst is listed as an official sixth group member on Disintegration, credited with playing "Other instrument". However, it was later revealed he had little part in the writing, recording or performance of the album. |
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 "This is a Lie" |
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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, Trilogy and The Cure |
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Boris Williams joined the band in 2001 for a one-off acoustic performance to commemorate the Greatest Hits compilation. |
2005 "Love" |
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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. |
2005–2010 Festival 2005 and 4:13 Dream |
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2011 Bestival Live 2011 and "Reflections" |
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Lol Tolhurst also joined the band for the "Reflections" shows, but to date there has been no indication that he has rejoined them as a permanent member as O'Donnell has. |
Note: Albums listed in this section also include any and all singles, b–sides and unreleased tracks recorded during the same studio sessions, unless otherwise noted.
Note: This section only lists those bands or other projects which have included two or more members of The Cure, and thus only lists each band's members who have either been a part of, or performed with The Cure. See individual articles for more detailed credits.