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English rock band about|the band|The Cure (The Cure album)!''The Cure'' (The Cure album)|other uses|Cure (disambiguation) good article Use British English May 2015 December 2024 Infobox musical artist | name = The Cure | image = The Cure Live in Singapore 2-_1st_August 2007.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | landscape = yes | caption = The Cure performing in August 2007, from left to right: Jason Cooper, Pearl Thompson, Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith, and Simon Gallup | background = group_or_band | origin = Crawley, England | alias = plainlist| * Malice (1976–1977) * Easy Cure (1977–1978) | genre = flatlist| * Gothic rock * post-punk * nowrap|alternative rock * New wave music|new wave | discography = The Cure discography | years_active = 1976–present | label = flatlist| * Fiction Records|Fiction * Suretone Records|Suretone * Geffen Records|Geffen * Polydor Records|Polydor * Hansa Records|Hansa * A&M Records|A&M * Elektra Records|Elektra * Asylum Records|Asylum * Sire Records|Sire| * Warner Music Group|Warner | spinoffs = flatlist| * The Glove * Fools Dance * Levinhurst * The Magazine Spies * Babacar (band)|Babacar * Presence (band)|Presence * COGASM | website = URL|thecure.com | current_members = *Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith *Simon Gallup *Roger O'Donnell *Perry Bamonte *Jason Cooper *Reeves Gabrels | past_members = * Michael Dempsey * Matthieu Hartley * Andy Anderson (drummer)|Andy Anderson * Phil Thornalley * Lol Tolhurst * Boris Williams * Porl Thompson ''The Cure'' are an English Rock music|rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, songwriting) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current lineup features Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar, Reeves Gabrels (guitar, Simon Gallup (bass, Roger O'Donnell (keyboards, and Jason Cooper (drums). Smith has remained the only constant member throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, including stints with guitarist Pearl Thompson and drummer Boris Williams, though Gallup was absent for just three years of the band's history. The Cure's debut album ''Three Imaginary Boys'' (1979, along with several early singles, placed the band at the forefront of the emerging post-punk and New wave music|new wave movements that were gaining prominence in the United Kingdom. The band adopted a new and increasingly dark and tormented style beginning with their second album ''Seventeen Seconds'' (1980, which, together with Smith's fashion sense, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the gothic subculture|goth subculture that eventually formed around it. Smith introduced more Pop music|pop into the band's music following the release of their fourth album ''Pornography (album)|Pornography'' (1982, leading them to worldwide mainstream success. The Cure have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and released 14 studio albums, two EPs, and over 40 singles.cite web The Cure ! full Official Chart History ! Official Charts Company https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20492/cure 20 February 2021 Official Charts Company Their singles compilation ''Standing on a Beach'' (1986) sold 4 million copies worldwide by 1989, and they reached their commercial peak with the albums ''Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration'' (1989) and ''Wish (The Cure album)|Wish'' (1992). They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Their 14th album ''Songs of a Lost World'' (2024) was their first release of all-new material in 16 years and received widespread acclaim, becoming one of the year's fastest-selling albums and reaching No. 1 in multiple countries, giving them their first UK No. 1 album since 1992.