List of the Cure band members

The following is the history of The Cure's personnel and various lineups from 1976 to 2012, going back to the English rock group's origins as Malice and Easy Cure, and also including guest musicians, studio personnel, and side projects.

Band members

Current members

Robert Smith – vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, six-string bass, keyboards (1976–present)
Simon Gallup – bass, keyboards (1979–1982, 1985–present),
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards (1987–1990, 1995–2005, 2011–present)
Jason Cooper – drums (1995–present)
Reeves Gabrels – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, six-string bass (2012–present)

Former members

Michael Dempsey – bass (1976–1979)
Mark Ceccagno – lead guitar (1976)
"Graham" – drums (1976)
"Graham's brother" – vocals (1976)
Porl Thompson – lead guitar, keyboards, saxophone, six-string bass (1976–1978, 1984–1992, 2005–2010)
Lol Tolhurst – drums (1976–1982, 2011), keyboards (1981–1988, 2011)
Martin Creasy – vocals (1976)
"Gary X" – vocals (1977)
Peter O'Toole – vocals (1977)
Matthieu Hartley – keyboards (1979–1980)
Andy Anderson – drums (1983–1984)
Phil Thornalley – bass (1983–1985)
Boris Williams – drums (1984–1994, 2001)
Perry Bamonte – keyboards, guitar (1990–1994), guitar, keyboards (1995–2005)

Note: This page only reflects each member's official role within the band. Members would regularly play many different instruments when recording.

Timeline

Lineup details

Early bands

Band name & dates	Members & instruments	Notes
Malice Jan '76–Apr '76	Robert Smith – guitar Michael Dempsey – bass Mark Ceccagno – lead guitar "Graham" – drums "Graham's brother" – vocals	The full names of "Graham" and his brother were not documented by the band.
Malice Apr '76–Jan '77	Robert Smith – guitar Michael Dempsey – bass Porl Thompson – lead guitar Lol Tolhurst – drums Martin Creasy – vocals	It was after Creasy left that the band changed their name to "Easy Cure".
Easy Cure Jan '77–Sep '77	Robert Smith – guitar Michael Dempsey – bass Porl Thompson – lead guitar Lol Tolhurst – drums "Gary X" – vocals Peter O'Toole – vocals	The member known only as "Gary X" was the band's vocalist for a brief period in March 1977, before being replaced by O'Toole in April.
Easy Cure Sep '77–Apr '78	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Michael Dempsey – bass Porl Thompson – lead guitar Lol Tolhurst – drums	It was after O'Toole left the band that Smith took up vocal duties for the first time.

Porl Thompson was dropped from the lineup in April, 1978, because his lead guitar style was at odds with Smith's growing preference for minimalist songwriting. This is when the band changed their name to The Cure.

The Cure

Dates & recordings	Members & prominent instruments	Notes
1978–1979 Three Imaginary Boys	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Michael Dempsey – bass Lol Tolhurst – drums, keyboards	Dempsey provides vocals for the album track "Foxy Lady".
1979–1980 Seventeen Seconds	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars Lol Tolhurst – drums Simon Gallup – bass Matthieu Hartley – keyboards
1980–1982 Faith and Pornography	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Lol Tolhurst – drums, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass, keyboards
1982–1983 Japanese Whispers	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Lol Tolhurst – keyboards, drum machine Phil Thornalley – bass on "The Love Cats" Andy Anderson – drums on "The Love Cats" Steve Goulding – drums on "Let's Go To Bed"
1984 The Top	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, bass, strings Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Andy Anderson – drums, percussion	Porl Thompson guested on The Top, playing saxophone. This instigated his rejoining the band as lead guitarist.
1984 Concert and Live in Japan	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Phil Thornalley – bass Andy Anderson – drums
1985–1987 The Head on the Door, The Cure in Orange and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums
1987–1988	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Roger O'Donnell – keyboards	By 1988 O'Donnell had effectively replaced Tolhurst, who had been gradually withdrawing from active participation with the band.
1989 Disintegration and Entreat	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Roger O'Donnell – keyboards	Lol Tolhurst is listed as an official sixth group member on Disintegration, and is credited with co-writing (along with the other band members) all tracks on the album as well as all the associated B-sides. The Disintegration credits also list Tolhurst's only role within the band as playing "Other instrument". (The group had two guitarists, a bassist, a keyboard player and a drummer—tellingly, no other instruments are audible on the record.) It was later revealed that Tolhurst had little, if any, part in the writing, recording or performance of Disintegration. Shortly after the album's release, he was no longer a credited band member.
1990 Mixed Up	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums
1990–1993 Wish, Paris and Show	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Perry Bamonte – keyboards, guitar
1994 "Purple Haze" and "Burn"	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Perry Bamonte – guitar, keyboards
1994 "This is a Lie"	Robert Smith – vocals, multiple instruments Perry Bamonte – multiple instruments	According to interviews, this was the lineup when Williams had left the band and Gallup was recovering from pleurisy.
1995–2005 Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, Trilogy and The Cure	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Simon Gallup – bass Roger O'Donnell – keyboards Perry Bamonte – guitar Jason Cooper – drums	Reeves Gabrels guested on the 1997 single "Wrong Number" 15 years before joining the band as a full member, Boris Williams reappeared in 2001 for a one-off acoustic performance to commemorate the Greatest Hits compilation.
2005 "Love"	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass, keyboards Jason Cooper – drums	Short period of time following the firing of O'Donnell and Bamonte. The band filmed a few performances for LAUNCH and recorded a cover of John Lennon's "Love" for Amnesty.
2005–2010 Festival 2005 and 4:13 Dream	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Jason Cooper – drums
2011–2012 "Reflections" and Bestival Live 2011	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars Simon Gallup – bass Roger O'Donnell – keyboards Jason Cooper – drums	Lol Tolhurst also joined the band as a guest performer for the "Reflections" shows.
2012–present	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars Simon Gallup – bass Roger O'Donnell – keyboards Jason Cooper – drums Reeves Gabrels – guitars	Gabrels' live debut was the Pinkpop Festival, 26 May 2012.

Guest musicians

In the studio

Siouxsie Sioux – backing vocals on the b-side "I'm Cold", 1979
Steven Severin – bass on the Flexipop version of "Lament", 1982, and the "Riverside Ballet" version of "Siamese Twins" at the BBC's Riverside Studios, March 17, 1983
Steven Goulding – drums on the single "Let's Go to Bed" and its b-side "Just One Kiss", 1982
Anne Stephenson – violin on the "Riverside Ballet" version of "Siamese Twins", 1983
Virginia Hewes (alias Gini Ball) – violin on the "Riverside Ballet" version of "Siamese Twins", 1983
Norman Fisher-Jones – bass on the Kid Jensen Sessions for BBC Radio 1 (producing early studio versions of "The Empty World", "Piggy In The Mirror", "Give Me It" and "Bananafishbones"), 2 February 1984
Ron Howe – saxophone on the album track "A Night Like This", 1985
Rent Party – brass section (credited as "horns" [sic]) on the single version of "Close to Me", 1985
Andrew Brennan – saxophone on the album tracks "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!!!", 1987
Sugar J. – additional rhythm overdubs on William Orbit's "Shiver Mix" of "Inbetween Days" (Mixed Up), 1990
Kate Wilkinson – viola on the album track "To Wish Impossible Things", 1992
Caroline Crawley – backing vocals on the b-side "Halo", 1992
Over a dozen musicians contributed to the Wild Mood Swings album, 1996
- Jesus Alemany, John Barclay, Steve Dawson, Sid Gauld, Steve Sidwell – trumpets
- Richard Edwards – trombone, Will Gregory – saxophone
- Mister Chandrashekhar, Leo Payne, Chris Tombling – violins
- Sue Dench – viola, Audrey Riley – cello
- Ronald Austin, Louis Pavlou, Mark Price – drums
Reeves Gabrels – lead guitars on "Wrong Number", 1997
Samantha Sprackling – co-lead vocals on the song "Just Say Yes", 2001
Earl Slick – lead guitars on the Mark Plati remix of "A Forest", 2004

Live

Siouxsie Sioux and Steve Severin – joined The Cure for an extended encore of the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "The Lord's Prayer", in Aberdeen, September 6, 1979
Gary Biddles – guest vocals on the song "The Cure are Dead" at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, June 11, 1982
Paul Bell, Andreas Grimminger, Adrian Wyatt and Korda Marshall (Zerra One) – also joined The Cure (and Gary Biddles) during the final live encore of the Fourteen Explicit Moments tour, in Brussels, June 11, 1982
Derek Thompson – bass for the Oxford Road Show, March 18, 1983
Norman Fisher-Jones – temporary bassist January–February, 1984 (while Phil Thornalley was unavailable)
Vince Ely – drums during the Top Tour, October 22–November 4, 1984 (between Andy Anderson leaving the band and Boris Williams joining)
Frank Bell – guest vocalist during encores of "I'm a Cult Hero" and "I Dig You" in Brighton, September 14, 1985, and in London, March 5, 2004
Caroline Crawley and Jermaur Tayle (Shelleyan Orphan) – joined The Cure on-stage during "Forever" for the final live encore of The Prayer Tour, in Mansfield, Massachusetts, September 23, 1989
Roberto Soave – bass during the Wish Tour, November 2–21, 1992 (while Simon Gallup was hospitalised)
Alison Shaw, Jim Shaw, Mark Francombe and Matt Cope (Cranes) – joined The Cure for "Forever" during the final live encore of the Wish Tour, in Dublin, December 3, 1992
Ray Cokes – guest live guitarist for "Friday I'm In Love" at MTV Studios, London, 15 December 1995, and on "Boys Don't Cry" live in Paris, October 26, 2001
Wayne Hussey – guest guitarist for encores of "A Forest" and "Forever" during the Swing Tour, in Los Angeles, 11 August 1996, and for "In Between Days" and "A Forest" (again in LA), October 28, 1997
Reeves Gabrels – several guest appearances on guitar during American tour dates October–December, 1997
Saffron – guest vocalist on "Just Say Yes", in Paris, October 26, 2001
Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt (Placebo) – joined The Cure for a performance of "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep", in Paris, 14 October 2004

Studio personnel

Note: Albums listed in this section also include any and all singles, b–sides and unreleased tracks recorded during the same studio sessions, unless otherwise noted.

Chris Parry – producer, 1978, 1982 (Three Imaginary Boys and "Let's Go to Bed").
- Mike Hedges – engineer, 1978 (Three Imaginary Boys).
Steve Nye – producer, 1983 ("The Walk").
Robert Smith – co-producer, 1979–2008
- Mike Hedges – co-producer, 1979–1981 (Seventeen Seconds and Faith).
- Phil Thornalley – co-producer, 1982–1984 (Pornography, "The Love Cats", Curiosity (Killing the Cat): Cure Anomalies 1977–1984).
- Chris Parry – co-producer, 1983–1984 ("The Love Cats" and The Top).
- David M. Allen – co-producer, 1984–1992 (The Top, Concert: The Cure Live, The Head on the Door, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Disintegration, Mixed Up and Wish).
- Mark Saunders – co-producer, 1990, 1997 (Mixed Up and "Wrong Number").
- Steve Whitfield – co-producer, 1990 ("Hello, I Love You").
- Bryan "Chuck" New – co-producer, 1990, 1993 ("Pictures of You", Mixed Up, Entreat, Show, Paris, "Purple Haze" and "Burn").
- Steve Lyon – co-producer, 1995–1996 ("Young Americans", "Dredd Song" and Wild Mood Swings).
- The Cure – co-producers, 1981 (Faith), 1982 (Pornography), 1984 (Concert: The Cure Live), 1990 (Entreat), 1992 (Wish), 1996 (Wild Mood Swings).
- Paul Corkett – co-producer, 1998–2000 ("More Than This", "World in My Eyes" and Bloodflowers).
- Mark Plati – co-producer, 1997, 2001-2003 ("Wrong Number", "Cut Here", "Just Say Yes" and Join the Dots remix of "A Forest").
- Ross Robinson – co-producer, 2004 (The Cure).
- Keith Uddin – Co-Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Programmer 2005-present (4:13 Dream).

Related bands

Note: This section only lists those bands or other projects which have included two or more members of The Cure, and thus only lists each band's members who have either been a part of, or performed with The Cure. See individual articles for more detailed credits.

Cult Hero – Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Matthieu Hartley
The Magazine Spies – Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley
Associates – Michael Dempsey, Roberto Soave, Robert Smith, Steve Goulding
The Stranglers – Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Robert Smith, Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Anne Stephenson, Virginia "Gini" Ball (née Hewes)
The Glove – Robert Smith, Steve Severin, Andy Anderson, Anne Stephenson, Virginia Hewes, Porl Thompson
Marc and the Mambas – Robert Smith, Steve Severin, Anne Stephenson, Virginia Hewes
The Venomettes – Anne Stephenson, Virginia Hewes
Roxy Music – Michael Dempsey, Steve Goulding
Fools Dance – Simon Gallup, Gary Biddles, Ron Howe, Matthieu Hartley
Tim Pope – Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst, Andy Anderson, Porl Thompson
The Flirtations – Roger O'Donnell, Boris Williams
Strawberry Switchblade – Phil Thornalley, Boris Williams
The Psychedelic Furs – Roger O'Donnell, Vince Ely
Thompson Twins – Boris Williams, Roger O'Donnell, Steve Goulding
Shelleyan Orphan – Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Caroline Crawley, Roberto Soave
Babacar – Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Roberto Soave, Caroline Crawley
Presence – Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Gary Biddles, Roberto Soave, Porl Thompson
Cranes – Robert Smith, Porl Thompson
Levinhurst – Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Andy Anderson
David Bowie – Robert Smith, Reeves Gabrels, Earl Slick, Mark Plati, Steve Goulding
Queen – Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey
COGASM – Robert Smith, Jason Cooper, Reeves Gabrels^[1]

References

↑ Cure Frontman's Side Project in MTV News, Aug. 19, 1998

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[cogasm-1] Cure Frontman's Side Project in MTV News, Aug. 19, 1998

The Cure
Robert Smith Simon Gallup Roger O'Donnell Jason Cooper Reeves Gabrels Michael Dempsey Porl Thompson Lol Tolhurst Matthieu Hartley Andy Anderson Phil Thornalley Boris Williams Perry Bamonte
Studio albums	Three Imaginary Boys (UK) Boys Don't Cry (USA) Seventeen Seconds Faith Pornography The Top The Head on the Door Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Disintegration Wish Wild Mood Swings Bloodflowers The Cure 4:13 Dream
EPs	The Peel Sessions Hypnagogic States EP
Live albums	Concert: The Cure Live Entreat Paris Bestival Live 2011
Compilation albums	Japanese Whispers Standing on a Beach Galore Greatest Hits Join the Dots
Remix albums	Mixed Up Torn Down
Singles	"Killing an Arab" "Boys Don't Cry" "Jumping Someone Else's Train" "A Forest" "Primary" "Charlotte Sometimes" "The Hanging Garden" "Let's Go to Bed" "The Walk" "The Love Cats" "The Caterpillar" "In Between Days" "Close to Me" "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice Mix)" "Why Can't I Be You?" "Catch" "Just Like Heaven" "Hot Hot Hot!!!" "Lullaby" "Fascination Street" "Lovesong" "Pictures of You" "Never Enough" "Close to Me (remix)" "High" "Friday I'm in Love" "A Letter to Elise" "The 13th" "Mint Car" "Strange Attraction" "Gone!" "Wrong Number" "Cut Here" "The End of the World" "The Only One" "Freakshow" "Sleep When I'm Dead" "The Perfect Boy"
Other songs	"10:15 Saturday Night"
Video albums	Staring at the Sea: The Images The Cure in Orange Show Greatest Hits Trilogy Festival 2005
Concert tours	The Cure: 'Reflections'
Related articles	Discography Personnel "I'm a Cult Hero" Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure Babacar COGASM Fools Dance The Glove Levinhurst The Magazine Spies Presence Shelleyan Orphan Siouxsie and the Banshees Nocturne Hyæna
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