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Formed in 1976 by school friends Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey, The Cure was one of the first post-punk bands to inject pure pop back into post-Pistols rock. Throughout a career filled with paradox and evolution, endless personnel changes, and side-projects including stints with Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Glove, iconic frontman Robert Smith has remained alive to changes in the music scene. Now, in their third decade, they remain relevant and connected, when many of their contemporaries are reduced to nostalgia packages and worse. This full-length, extensively researched biography of the band, and of Smith - one of rock's most enduring figures - is the most up-to-date telling of a never-ending story; it also analyses in depth the 'goth' subculture and its relationship with The Cure.
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1. The Cure are a legendarily influential band – renowned all over the world, and regarded in the UK as one of this country’s most important acts of the last 30 years.
2. The Cure have sold nearly 20 million albums.
3. In 2005 The Cure’s entire back-catalogue is being extensively re-mastered and re-released which will make them an ever-present in the UK’s record shops this year.
4. Robert Smith is a guiding light, stylistically, philosophically and musically to a generation of goths and music lovers.
5. Cure fans are notorious ‘collectors’ and will be keen to buy this world first in-depth biography.
6. Despite being in their third decade as a band, The Cure’s currency has rarely been higher: the 2004 album The Cure was rated as one of their best ever and landed them a three-album deal with the mighty Geffen Records.
7. Robert Smith is a recognised influence on a legion of current younger bands, such as The Killers, Interpol and Razorlight.
8. The Cure/Smith fans range from pre-teens to fifty+.
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Formed in 1976 by school friends Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey, The Cure was one of the first post-punk bands to inject pure pop back into post-Pistols rock. Throughout a career filled with paradox and evolution, endless personnel changes, and side-projects including stints with Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Glove, iconic frontman Robert Smith has remained alive to changes in the music scene. Now, in their third decade, they remain relevant and connected, when many of their contemporaries are reduced to nostalgia packages and worse. This full-length, extensively researched biography of the band, and of Smith - one of rock's most enduring figures - is the most up-to-date telling of a never-ending story; it also analyses in depth the 'goth' subculture and its relationship with The Cure.
From the Publisher
1. The Cure are a legendarily influential band – renowned all over the world, and regarded in the UK as one of this country’s most important acts of the last 30 years.
2. The Cure have sold nearly 20 million albums.
3. In 2005 The Cure’s entire back-catalogue is being extensively re-mastered and re-released which will make them an ever-present in the UK’s record shops this year.
4. Robert Smith is a guiding light, stylistically, philosophically and musically to a generation of goths and music lovers.
5. Cure fans are notorious ‘collectors’ and will be keen to buy this world first in-depth biography.
6. Despite being in their third decade as a band, The Cure’s currency has rarely been higher: the 2004 album The Cure was rated as one of their best ever and landed them a three-album deal with the mighty Geffen Records.
7. Robert Smith is a recognised influence on a legion of current younger bands, such as The Killers, Interpol and Razorlight.
8. The Cure/Smith fans range from pre-teens to fifty+.
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