Character Analysis: The Cure

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The Cure's decisions in the beginning of their life set them up for the rest of their lives. The Cure, formed their band in 1976, two years after they issued their first song. The Cure has five members, but four of them have a history with each other, the fifth member joined in 2012. The four members are Robert Smith, Roger O'Donnell, Simon Gallup, and Jason Cooper. Roger Smith was born on April 21st, 1959 and was the guitarist for The Cure. Roger O'Donnell is a musician and a composer, he was raised in a musical family. When Roger O'Donnell was a child both his parents and his brother knew how to play the piano. When O'Donnell was 12 years old his brother taught him how to perform blues music on the piano. O'Donnell's parents encouraged …show more content…

O'Donnell and William became bored of performing with the TT's, so O'Donnell left and tried a new thing, filming music videos in Los Angeles which ended in 1985 when he ran out of money. O'Donnell started looking for a job so that he could continue on with his passion of music, and after about a year Boris helped O'Donnell find a job. Simon Gallup was born on June 1st, 1960 in Duxhurst, England, UK. Jason Cooper has been the drummer for The Cure since 1994. The Easy Cure used to be the name of the band that is now known as The Cure. 1976 was when the band started and two years after the band decided to get rid of the “Easy” from their name. After making that change to the band's name Porl Thompson left the band because The Easy Cure was his idea. The original people that were in the band were Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Lol Tolhurst, and Porl Thompson. The Cure released another song called Killing and Arab, it was originally supposed to be a single but, it was released as a part of the album Three Imaginary Boys. The Cure made two more singles Boys don't Cry and Jumping Someone else's Train. The Cure made another album and they called it Seventeen Seconds in 1980. A year after, The Cure released the …show more content…

Also, in 1985, The Cure released the album The Head on the Door. A year after The Cure released The Cure in Orange. The Cure released the album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, and it was known for being adventurous. Robert got married to Mary Poole on August 13th, 1985. Lol Tolhurst was forced to leave the band to fix his addiction to alcohol. The Cure released the album Disintegration in 1989. The soundtrack Sylvester Stallone's Judge Dredd was released to the public in 1995 and a year after Wild Mood Swings was released. The Cure’s music spread worldwide they went to France, Spain, South America, Eastern Europe, and the United States. By performing in other countries, it made The Cure’s music become noticeable. Rumors were spreading that The Cure was no longer going to be together as a band after the album Wild Mood Swings was released in 1996. The Cure released Bloodflowers in 2000, The Cure in 2004, and Dream in 2008. The Cure released another the album Bloodflowers in 2002, which reminded their fans of what they originally sounded like. For the album Bloodflowers in 2002, The Cure revived a Grammy award. In 2004, The Cure released what they called a "box set" which was like a mini

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