Band Members

Robert James Smith

Robert was born in Blackpool,England He has got one brother who is 13 years his senior a sister 9 years his senior and another sister that is one year his minor Throughout his infancy and childhood he moved about several times finally ending up in Sussex,England At age 6 his brother,richard,began teaching him guitar chords At age 14 he met his long lasting love and soon to be wife: Mary Poole(later she became Mary Smith) the two courted all through school also giving their virginity to one another at age 15 FINALLY they did the decent thing and marrying on 13 August 1988 Robert has been and remains to be the only constant in The Cure he was one of two founding members the other was Lol Tolhurst who left/was kicked out of the band in 1988 In 1994 there was an 8 month court battle between Robert and Lol Lol suued The Cure/Robert for the right to use The Cure's name He wanted to use the name 'The Cure' for his own productions Obviously Robert won the battle but he was very upset that for 8 months he was forced to wake up very early--which he loathes--and dress nicely Robert is currently involved in a side project called 'Cogasm'~CO=Cooper GA=Gabrels SM=Smith Cogasm did a song for the movie 'Orgazmo' called " A sign from god"

Simon Jonothan Gallup

Simon has been in and out of The Cure many times He came into the band in 1980 and left again after Pornography was completed Robert had never really missed anyone when they left The Cure but when Simon left Robert was immediately working out how to get him back It took about six months for Robert and Simon to get back on good terms by drinking at pubs but then Simon came back into The Cure again In time to make The Head On The Door After that he stayed in The Cure until 1993 when he left for awhile but not long at all He came back by the end of 1994 and is currently in the lineup Simon has had two wives His current wife is Sarah He also has got two children: Eden and Lily He was also Robert's best man in 1988

Perry Bamonte

Perry was born on 6 september 1960 He plays six-string bass, keyboards and guitars Perry is left handed his nickname is 'Teddy' He was a Cure-roadie up until about 1990 when he joined The Cure as a guitarist his favorite music echo and The Bunnymen and Sisters of Mercy(early)

Roger O'donnell

Roger O'donnell was born on 30 October 1955 prior to being in The Cure he was in The Psychedelic Furs and Thompson Twins he and robert got to talking in 1987 Roger said that he was tired of being a 'ghost keyboardist' he said he wanted to be known for his music Robert understood and Roger ended up in the Cure He quickly began taking the place of Lol after awhile the rest of the band began fighting w/Roger i.e. on tour Roger flew to the band's next destination whilst the rest of the band took a bus...next thing you knew Perry took his place in The Cure....but Roger came back in 1995 after moving to Toronto to work on some solo stuff He moved back to england and joined in to The Cure again in time for Wild Mood Swings

Jason Cooper

Jason Cooper was born 31 January 1967 He has been in the band from 1995 and currently remains in the bands lineup He was a Cure fan before he was in the band when he went to try-out he pretended to not know who The Cure were only after he was in The Cure did he suddenly begin playing many of The Cure's older music-shocking all the band which then became aware that he was a lifelong fan....Jason is also in Cogasm He plays drums and percussion in Cogasm

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