1976 Easy Cure was formed. Band members included Robert Smith (vocals, guitar), Michael Dempsey (bass), Lol Tolhurst (drums) and Porl Thompson (guitar).
1978 Easy was dropped from the name, Porl left and the band became known simply as “The Cure”. The Cure signed to the Fiction Label.
1979 Released debut album, Three Imaginary Boys. Singles included Boys Don’t Cry and Jumping Someone Else’s Train.
1980 Michael left, but Simon Gallup (bass) and Matthieu Hartley (keyboard) joined. This line-up had a hit single with “A Forest”.
1981 Matthieu left the group, and the band remained a trio, who recorded a rather mournful album called Primary. Charlotte Sometimes, a non-album single was released.
1982 The Hanging Gardens single was released. Simon left the band.
1983 Singles released included The Walk and Love Cats.
1984 The Top and The Caterpillar were released. The Cure were joined by Andy Anderson (drums), Phil Thornalley (bass) and Porl Thompson (guitar)
1985 Andy and Phil left, Boris Williams (drums) and Simon Gallup (bass) joined. The Head on the Door album was released. Singles included Inbetween Days and Close to Me.
1986 Singles album released, Standing on a Beach. The Cure headlined Glastonbury Festival.
1987 The Cure released a double album, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. World Tour called “Kissing Tour”. Roger O’Donnell joined (keyboard)
1988 Disintegration was demo-ed
1989 Disintegration was released, from which 4 hit singles were released. World Tour: Prayer Tour. Lol Tolhurst left.
1990 Roger O’Donnell left and was replaced by Perry Bamonte. The Cure headlined Glastonbury, Mixed Up was released, re-mixed singles of Never Enough, Close to Me and A Forest were released.
1991 Won Best British Group at the Brit Awards
1992 Recorded Wish, and toured with Wish Tour, a world wide sell out show. Porl Thompson left.
1993 Live works included Paris and Show. The Cure headlined at the XFM “Great Xpectations” show in Finsbury Park, London.
1994 Boris Williams left.
1995 Jason Cooper joined on drums, Roger O’Donnell rejoined on keyboard. Work started on the Dredd Song, for the film Judge Dredd. Headlined a few European festivals, including the 25th Glastonbury.
1996 Wild Mood Swings was released, went top ten around the world. The Cure embarked on the Swing Tour, their largest to date. 4 singles were released.
1997 Galore, and a video compilation to Standing on a Beach was released.
1998 Work began on More Than This, for the X files album
1999 Work began on The Bloodflowers album
2000 Bloodflowers was released. The World wide “Dreamtour” took place, which took over 9 months to complete, playing to more than a million people.
2001 The Cure released their Greatest Hits album, which included 2 new songs, Cut Here and Just Say Yes. The Cure departed from Fiction Records, after 23 years.
2002 The Cure headlined a number of European Festivals, and rehearsed for a special two night performance at the Tempodrom, Berlin. Performances from both nights were shot in High Definition video on 12 cameras.
2003 The Trilogy DVD was released, and the band signed a 3 album global deal with the Geffen label.
2004 Join the Dots, a 4cd Box Set was released, including B sides and rare singles. “The Cure” album was released.
2005 Perry Bamonte and Roger O’Donnell left, Porl Thompson returned. The band headlined at Live 8, Paris.
2006 The band closed the Teenage Cancer Trust Show at the Royal Albert Hall, and started work on their 13th studio album. Robert worked on live DVD projects with re-releases of The Top, The head on the Door, and Kiss Me.
2007 Work continued on their new album, which saw The Cure writing and recording some 33 songs. The Cure 4Tour 2007-2008 tour started in July, with a headline slot at the Fuji Rock Festival. This 10 show tour has been seen in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand so far.
2008 The shows continue with another world tour!
