The Cure

[Jorge]

Thanks Spenno, very interesting to read

That space reads like he had to pause to look up Jason's name

[Birds in Hell]

Thanks Spenno, very interesting to read

That space reads like he had to pause to look up Jason's name

[Birds in Hell]

Looking forward to this!

[psychobain]

[washing machine]

Been enjoying this musical group lately.

[Ello Sailor]

Been enjoying this musical group lately.

Probs the best boy band ever.

[Birds in Hell]

Flexipop Magazine, July 1982:

[Birds in Hell]

Still love this weird period of the band so much:

[Birds in Hell]

Interesting times.

[Jorge]

Noooo that made me so upset

Though "slightly heavy heart" is hilarious. Something clearly went down with Robert

[Birds in Hell]

I would definitely have preferred to have seen every other current member leave before Simon.

I kind of hope this might prompt Robert to sack everyone else and start fresh.

[Jorge]

[Birds in Hell]

I acknowledge this is unfair because I've never met the guy, but Roger always comes across like a gigantic dick (and I don't care for his musical contributions either).

[psychobain]

Damn

[Birds in Hell]

I didn't realise Simon's wife passed away in 2019, which puts some obvious context around the shows he missed that year (where his son Eden filled in).

[Jammer XCI]

His bass work might be the best thing about The Cure. Really sucks to hear he left.

[Birds in Hell]

I kind of hope this might prompt Robert to sack everyone else and start fresh.

I don't know why I said this, on reflection it would definitely be even worse.

Robert's track record for adding new members (Jason, Reeves - arguably Perry) has been pretty terrible in the last few decades.

I think it's time to let the band finally rest.

[Birds in Hell]

It's a crowded field of contenders but this period has to be in the running for the absolute nadir of the band:

[Jorge]

I'll take that over most of Bloodflowers actually

[Birds in Hell]

I guess I wasn't specifically referring the quality of the song - it's the whole thing.

It's like the band's collective sense of aesthetics and taste completely deserted them overnight somewhere in the mid 2000s.

I don't like Bloodflowers as an album but I'd say that period is the last time the band still kind of felt a bit like The Cure, even though many of the key members (Lol, Boris Porl) had long since moved on.

In other news, Perry Bamonte is apparently now employed the artistic director of Fly Culture, a publication dedicated to his new passion of fly fishing:

https://flyculturemag.com/who-we-are/