The Cure

Gothic rock, Siouxsie and the Banshees. The original version of the band has continued to tour and are a popular concert draw, though their recordings' success has been limited. The Cure, Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities 1978-2001 (15). Meanwhile, Michael McDonald has forged ahead with his own solo career. 2. Four members of the Doobies have since passed away (percussionist Bobby LaKind in 1992, original bassist Dave Shogren in 1999, Cornelius Bumpus in 2004, and drummer Keith Knudsen in 2005). The Cure, Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities 1978-2001 (13). Eventually, Bumpus lost the case.

1. Saxophonist/vocalist Cornelius Bumpus was sued by his former bandmates because Bumpus and other musicians were using the band's name. Given that the group had just recently released a four-disc set of b-sides, the amount of non-album material the band possesses appears to be rather high. But by the end of the decade the Doobies were engaged in a legal battle of their own. Inspired by Elvis Costello's reissues, other albums ("Faith", "Seventeen Seconds" and "Pornography") are planned in the series. Also, Michael McDonald rejoined the band briefly in 1995. In 2004, a reissue of Three Imaginary Boys was released, with a second bonus disc of unreleased material, demos, live tracks etc. New albums (many via independent labels) continued through the 1990s.

The show was hosted by Marilyn Manson. They reunited with their original line-up (obviously minus lead singer Michael McDonald), released a new album (Cycles), and a new Top Ten single ("The Doctor"), and toured in 1987 to promote their new music, but the band was unable to continue their momentum. In the event, many artists ranging from AFI to Blink 182 covered various Cure songs as a tribute to the band. The final show on that tour reunited former lead singer Tom Johnston with his former bandmates. The Cure have been made 2004's MTV Icon. By 1982, the Doobie Brothers announced their imminent break-up by embarking on a "farewell tour". The album also received a generally positive reaction with some critics rating it as the group's best since Disintegration. The LP, which featured the Top Ten hit "Real Love" (not to be confused with the John Lennon composition that would later be a hit for The Beatles), was a success, but did not match the blockbuster figures of Minute by Minute.

The album The Cure made a top ten debut on both sides of the Atlantic in July 2004 and debuted in the top 30 in Australia. By the beginning of the 1980s, former Moby Grape saxophonist Cornelius Bumpus joined the band as an occasional lead singer for the album One Step Closer. They also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Their hit "What a Fool Believes" won them a Grammy Award. The album also featured the first (and to date, the only) female lead vocal, from Nicolette Larson (who herself scored a hit with Neil Young's "Lotta Love"). To promote this album, the band headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on May 2. Their career peaked with the success of 1978's Minute by Minute which spent five weeks at the top of the charts and brought the group their greatest success. The Cure released their first eponymous album on iam records on June 28, 2004. Their new sound was further forged with their next album, Livin' On The Fault Line, which featured "Little Darlin' (I Need You)", "Echoes Of Love", and "You Belong To Me" (later a hit for Carly Simon).

This album peaked at #106 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Their first album under McDonald was Takin' It To The Streets (which featured the singles "It Keeps You Runnin'" and the title cut). The set includes seventy Cure songs, some previously unreleased, and a 76-page full-colour book of photographs, history and quotes, packaged in a hard cover. Their sound also changed, from a hard-edged guitar-filled sound to that of mellow rock (filled with keyboards and horns). In 2004 The Cure released a new four-disc boxed set on Fiction Records titled Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years). So he left the Doobies (eventually he forged his own short-lived solo career), and shortly after a new lead singer named Michael McDonald (another member of Steely Dan) was recruited to replace Johnston. In the spring of 2003, The Cure signed to iam Records. But by 1976, lead singer Johnston grew tired of touring, and fell ill as a result.

These performances were relased as the Trilogy DVD in 2003. Their live shows had given them an energetic fanbase, primarily among the Hells Angels of Southern California. In 2002 they continued recording, and also headlined twelve major music festivals, in addition to playing several three-hour concerts during which they performed the albums Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers in their entirety in Berlin. The following year (1975), Steely Dan member Jeff Baxter (nicknamed "Skunk") joined the band as a guitarist. In 2001 The Cure left Fiction and released their Greatest Hits album. These early singles continued to be hits for the next few years and eventually earned continued airplay among today's Classic Rock radio stations. The band also embarked on the nine-month Dream Tour, attended by over one million people worldwide. Under the leadership of Johnston and Simmons, the Doobies' trademark sound (a cross between heavy metal and Southern rock) helped lead the band to the Top Ten charts with such other hits as "Long Train Runnin'" & "China Grove" (from their 1973 album The Captain And Me), and "Black Water" (from 1974's What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits).

This album was widely seen as the third in a trilogy including Pornography and Disintegration. But it was after their next album (on which bass player Dave Shogren was replaced by Tiran Porter), Toulouse Street (which spawned the hit singles "Listen To The Music" and "Jesus Is Just Alright"), that brought the band their breakthrough success. The Grammy-nominated album Bloodflowers was released in 2000. The group's 1971 self-titled debut album failed to chart. The Cure also contributed to the soundtrack album for The X-Files: Fight the Future as well as For the Masses, a Depeche Mode tribute album. The band's name was taken from a slang term for the marijuana joint. In 1996 The Cure released the album Wild Mood Swings, and in 1998 Smith appeared as himself on the animated TV show South Park. In 1970, after leaving that band, they joined up with bass player Dave Shogren and guitarist Patrick Simmons, and thus The Doobie Brothers was formed.

Boris Williams (drums) left the band, and was replaced by Jason Cooper (formerly with My Life Story), and Roger O'Donnell rejoined. The founding members were lead vocalist Tom Johnston and drummer John Hartman, both former members of a group called Pud. During 1994, Lol Tolhurst sued Robert Smith and Fiction Records over royalties payments, also claiming joint ownership of the name "The Cure" with Smith; after a long legal battle Tolhurst eventually lost. They were popular throughout the 1970s. Porl Thompson (guitar) left the band once more during 1993 to play with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band, best known for hit singles like "Black Water". The EP has since become an extremely sought after item, copies exchanging hands for approaching £100. Live at Wolf Trap [Live] (2004).

Entitled Lost Wishes, the proceeds from the four track cassette tape went to charity. Divided Highway (2003). As a promotional exercise with the Our Price music chain in the UK, a limited edition EP was released consisting of instrumental outtakes from the Wish sessions. Doobie's Choice (2002). The Cure also embarked on the "Wish Tour" and released the live albums Show and Paris. Greatest Hits (2001). "Mixed Up" was followed in 1992 by the album Wish, which went straight to #1 in the UK and to #2 in the US. On Our Way Up (2001).

In 1990 The Cure released a collection of remixes called Mixed Up, a collection which was roundly panned by both critics and fans (Smith says that he expected this, but decided to release the collection anyway). Sibling Rivalry (2000). This tour featured some of the band's longest ever shows; their final gig at Wembley Arena (announced By Robert as "probably our last show") lasted over three and a half hours. Long Train Runnin': 1970-2000 [Box Set] (1999). The Cure embarked on the "Prayer" tour. Rockin' Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert [Live] (1996). In 1989 they released the album Disintegration, which became their highest-charting album to date at #3 and featured four Top 20 singles ("Lullaby", "Fascination Street", "Pictures of You", and "Lovesong"). Shortly before the release, Tolhurst left permanently, leaving Smith as the only remaining founding member of The Cure. Brotherhood (1991).

In 1988 the band history Ten Imaginary Years was released, and Lol Tolhurst, though he had not yet left the band, was replaced by Roger O'Donnell. Cycles (1989). In 1987 The Cure released the double album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, and embarked on the "Kissing Tour.". Farewell Tour [Live] (1983). Throughout 1986 Lol Tolhurst's alcohol consumption was interfering with his ability to perform, and Roger O'Donnell was frequently called upon to stand in for him. 2 (1981). The album's title was taken from a line in the song "Killing an Arab." This release was accompanied by a video version called Staring at the Sea and by another tour, as well as a live concert film called The Cure In Orange. Best of the Doobies, Vol.

Following this release and another world tour, the band released Standing on a Beach, a collection featuring all The Cure's singles and B-sides. One Step Closer (1980). In 1985 the new lineup released The Head on the Door which reached #7 in the UK and #59 on the American charts. Minute by Minute (1978). Robert Smith later expressed his satisfaction with the reunited Cure, saying "we're a band again.". Livin' on the Fault Line (1977). At the end of the tour, however, Anderson was fired and replaced by Boris Williams, and Thornalley was replaced by returnee Simon Gallup. Best of the Doobies (1976).

The Cure then embarked on their "Top Tour" with Thompson, Anderson, and bassist Phil Thornalley on board. Takin' It to the Streets (1976). In 1984 The Cure released The Top, an album on which Smith played all the instruments except the drums (played by Andy Anderson) and the saxophone (played by returnee Porl Thompson). Stampede (1975). Reduced to the duo of Smith and Tolhurst, the Cure released four studio singles and their B-sides as the album Japanese Whispers. The singles from this period were uncharacteristically upbeat and accessible, though Smith would soon return to writing more melancholy (if not as somber) material. What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974). The same year, Smith also recorded and toured with Siouxsie and the Banshees, contributing his writing and playing skills on their Hyaena and Nocturne albums, as well as recording the Blue Sunshine album as The Glove (see above). The Captain and Me (1973).

In 1983 The Cure released two more singles, "The Walk" (UK #12) and "The Lovecats," which became the band's first UK top 10 single at #7. Toulouse Street (1972). Smith says that he "doesn't even remember making a lot of Pornography" (2). The Doobie Brothers (1971). After an altercation in a club between Smith and Simon Gallup, Gallup left the group and started another one called Fools Dance. The release was followed by the "Fourteen Explicit Moments" tour, and by increasing problems among the members.

Perhaps because of the rumours, Pornography became the band's first UK Top 10 album, hitting the charts at #9. In 1982 The Cure recorded Pornography, a bleak, nihilist offering that led to more rumours that Smith was suicidal. The band members' lives began to be marked by increasing drug use. Smith's increasing depression was embodied in the album, Faith, released in 1981.

In the next two years, I genuinely felt that I wasn't going to be alive for much longer, and I tried pretty hard to make this feeling come true" (1). Now 21, Smith "didn't see that there was much point in continuing with life. Carnage Visors was used as a "tour support" film for their "Picture Tour". In 1981 came the album Faith, which hit #14 on the UK charts, as well as an instrumental soundtrack for the film Carnage Visors (these were packaged together as a long-play cassette called Faith/Carnage Visors).

The Cure set out on their first world tour, at the end of which Matthieu Hartley left the band. "A Forest" became the band's first UK hit single. In 1980 the 4-piece Cure released "Seventeen Seconds" which reached #20 on the UK charts. Member Michael Dempsey left the band, and Simon Gallup (bass) and Matthieu Hartley (keyboards) joined.

The next single "Boys Don't Cry" was a minor hit in the US, and Three Imaginary Boys was repackaged for sale there as Boys Don't Cry. In 1979, The Cure released the album Three Imaginary Boys and embarked on an extensive period of touring, during which they performed with various other iconic bands such as Joy Division and Siouxsie & the Banshees, leading eventually to a collaboration between Smith and Banshees member Steven Severin, released under the name The Glove. The Cure released their first single "Killing an Arab" to both acclaim and controversy; while the single's provocative title led to accusations of racism, the song is actually based on French existentialist Albert Camus' story The Stranger. The single was packaged with a sticker label that denied the racist connotations. The B-Side to the single "Boys Don't Cry", "Do the Hansa" was The Cure's way of getting back at Hansa Records for not signing them.

A year later, following disagreements about the direction the group should take, the newly named The Cure were signed as a trio (minus Porl Thompson) by former Polydor records scout Chris Parry's new Fiction label (distributed by Polydor). In 1977, The Easy Cure auditioned for Hansa Records and received a recording contract worth £1000. They began writing their own songs almost immediately, and quickly amassed both an impressive repertoire of original material and a growing following. Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School in Crawley, Sussex.

In 1976 Robert Smith, a 17-year-old student, formed The Easy Cure with classmates Michael Dempsey (bass), Lol Tolhurst (drums) and Porl Thompson (guitar) from St. The band is often considered as being part of the Gothic genre, possibly because of lead singer Robert Smith's image, but Smith rejects this, saying that he considers the band to be mainstream. The Cure is a British rock band widely seen as one of the leading pioneers of the British alternative rock and post-punk scenes of the 1980s. Jason Cooper (percussion; member 1995-present).

Perry Bamonte (keyboards, guitars; member 1990-present). Roger O'Donnell (keyboards; member 1987-1990 & 1995-present). Boris Williams (percussion; member 1984-1994). Andy Anderson (percussion; member 1983-1984).

Phil Thornalley (bass guitar; member 1983-1984). Matthieu Hartley (keyboards; member 1979-1980). Simon Gallup (bass guitar; member 1979-1982 & 1985-present). Michael Dempsey (bass guitar; member 1976-1979).

Lol Tolhurst (percussion, keyboards; member 1976-1989). Porl Thompson (guitars; member 1977-1978 & 1984-1992). Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards; member 1976-present). Trilogy.

Greatest Hits. Galore. The Cure Play Out. Picture Show.

The Cure in Orange. Standing on a Beach. "I want to be old" - demo from '77/'78. "Need Myself" - demo from '77/'78.

"Listen" - demo from '77/'78. "Meathook" - demo from '77/'78. "See the children" - demo from '77/'78. Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years) (2004) #106 US.

Greatest Hits (2001, compilation of singles 1978-2001/two new tracks) #33 UK, #58 US. Galore (1997, compilation of singles 1987-1997) #37 UK, #32 US. Show (1993, live) #29 UK, #42 US. Paris (1993, live) #118 US.

Mixed Up (1990, remixes) #8 UK, #14 US. Integration (boxed set). Entreat (1991) (songs from Distintegration live) #10 UK. Standing on a Beach (1986, singles compilation) #4 UK, #48 US.

Available only on cassette. Concert and Curiosity (1984), The Concert album with unreleased tracks on the b-side. Concert (1984, live) #26 UK. Happily Ever After (Seventeen Seconds and Faith together U.S.-only release).

Faith/Carnage Visors (1981), a special long-play cassette. Three Imaginary Boys (2CD Deluxe edition)(2004). The Cure (2004) #8 UK, #7 US