English rock group. Its principal members were Robert James Smith ( b Blackpool, 21 April 1959; vocals) and Lawrence Andrew ‘Lol’ Tolhurst ( b Horley, 3 Feb 1959; bass guitar). Increasingly identified with the melancholic themes and fractured wordplay of Smith’s compositions, The Cure followed an idiosyncratic path during the 1980s and 90s, ignoring the passing trends in British pop and rock music.
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