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      • Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the goth subculture that eventually formed around the genre.
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    Aug 19, 2022 · Mainly due to their aesthetic, The Cure have been labelled as goth throughout their career. However, frontman Robert Smith believes it’s an inaccurate judgement of the group and one that’s based entirely on their look rather than their sound.

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    The Cure are often identified with the gothic rock genre, and are viewed as one of the form's definitive bands. [ 148 ] [ 149 ] [ 150 ] However, the band has routinely rejected classification, particularly as a gothic rock band.

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  6. www.rockarchive.com › news › 2018The Cure: A Perfect Dream - A Bio of Robert Smith's Goth Band

    Aug 23, 2018 · The Cure are one of the most cherished goth bands in rock history. And this year marks the 40th anniversary since they formed—well, officially changed their name to The Cure anyway—back in 1978. With singer Robert Smith being the only consistent member since they started out back in Crawley, Sussex, four decades ago.

  7. faroutmagazine.co.uk › five-essential-gothic-rockFive essential gothic rock masterpiece albums - Far Out Magazine

    May 1, 2024 · As previously established, Robert Smith doesn’t regard The Cure as a gothic rock band. I would agree that the band is much more than this, but 1982’s Pornography is definitely gothic in nature and one of the decade’s finest releases.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_Smith_(musician)Robert Smith (musician) - Wikipedia

    Robert James Smith (born 21 April 1959) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and the co-founder, lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the Cure, a British post punk rock band formed in 1978.

  9. www.loudersound.com › features › robert-smith-on-theRobert Smith on the ever-changing line-up of his goth ...

    Sep 30, 2023 · Features. Louder. “In my own mind there have been five bands called The Cure that I’m in”: Robert Smith on the ever-changing line-up of his goth trailblazers. By Niall Doherty. published 30 September 2023. In 2002, Smith looked back over the line-up changes and sonic transformations of his band.

  10. www.pastemagazine.com › music › the-cureThe Cure's 40 Greatest Songs Ranked - Paste Magazine

    Feb 25, 2024 · Formed in 1978 by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst, the Cure have endured as one of the most crucial alt-rock bands of all time—as they’ve become definitive torchbearers of...