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The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. Their debut single 'Killing an Arab' in December 1978 on the Small Wonder label, and debut album Three Imaginary Boys in May 1979, placed the band as part of the post-punk and new wave movements that developed in the wake of the punk rock scene in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music was a staple of the emerging gothic rock genre.
After the release of Pornography in 1982, the band's future was uncertain. Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired, so began to place a pop sensibility into the band's music; songs like 'Let's Go to Bed' (1982), 'Just Like Heaven' (1987), 'Lovesong' (1989), and 'Friday I'm in Love' (1992), helped the Cure to a global success which lasted until the mid 1990s.
The band is estimated to have sold 27 million records as of 2004 and have released thirteen studio albums, ten EPs and over thirty singles during their career. The 1989 album Disintegration is regarded as the band's commercial and critical peak.
Members
Main article: The Cure personnel
Current line-up
Robert Smith – lead vocals, guitar, six-string bass, keyboards (1976–present)
Simon Gallup – bass guitar, keyboards (1979–1982, 1985–present)
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards (1987–1990, 1995–2005, 2011–present)
Jason Cooper – drums, percussion (1995–present)
Reeves Gabrels – guitar, six-string bass (2012–present)
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