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Pearl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson; [1] 8 November 1957) is an English musician and artist. Thompson is best known as a member of the English alternative rock band The Cure from 1983–1993 and 2005–2011, during which he was credited as Porl Thompson and played mainly guitar with occasional keyboards and saxophone.
The Cure. It all started in 1976 as Easy Cure, formed by Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) along with schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass), Lol Tolhurst (drums) and local guitar hero Porl Thompson. They began writing and demoing their own songs almost immediately, playing throughout 1977 in Southern England to an ever growing army of fans.
Shortly afterwards, Porl Thompson played his last gig with Easy Cure (though he would return for stints in 1983-94 and 2005-08). The guitarist’s flamboyant proficiency had become incompatible with Smith’s vision.
Mar 5, 2015 · Former The Cure star Porl Thompson has legally changed his name to Pearl and vowed to dedicate the rest of his life to art after selling off stage gear and equipment linked to his former band.
Aug 14, 2017 · Simon Gallup would become the Cure’s new bassist. Mattieu Hartley, Gallup’s Magazine Spies bandmate, also came aboard. During the encore of a hometown show in Crawley on March 18th, the Cure, joined by Porl Thompson, played “I’m a Cult Hero.”.
Dec 18, 2016 · Marc Ceccagno would later depart to form Amulet— with Porl Thompson stepping in to play guitar.
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Porl Thompson. Porl Thompson, also known as Pearl Thompson, initially joined The Cure in their early days and had multiple tenures with the band. Thompson first became part of The Cure in 1976 when the band was still known as Malice and later Easy Cure, contributing primarily as a guitarist.
