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The Cure
An emblematic band of the new wave and gothic rock period, The Cure has been
associated with its leader Robert Smith throughout a long and successful career.
Formed in Crawley, Sussex, in 1976 by guitarist, singer and songwriter Robert
Smith (born in Blackpool on April 21, 1959), the trio was completed by Michael
Dempsey (bass) and Lawrence "Lol" Tolhurst (drums) under the name Easy Cure.
After recording their first single, named after Albert Camus' novel L'Étranger,
"Killing an Arab" (1978), the band, signed to Chris Parry's Fiction Records,
made a name for themselves with their...
