In more than 40 years, the creative work of the formation led by the charismatic Robert Smith has become a source of joy, inspiration, imitation, encouragement or even consolation for several generations of listeners, musicians, artists, designers and other creative people, according to available information. on the “Bilešu serviss” website.
Robert Smith founded “The Cure” (originally “Easy Cure”) in the English town of Crawley along with his schoolmates in 1976.
The debut album “Three Imaginary Boys” under the name “The Cure” was released in 1979 and critics immediately rated it positively, ranking the group in the directions of post-punk and new wave.
With the next album, Seventeen Seconds, the boys gradually turned to a new, darker style, which, along with Smith’s theatrical character, heavily influenced the emerging gothic rock genre, as well as the entire subculture that eventually became is formed around the genus.
Since then, “The Cure” has been considered one of the pioneers of gothic rock and its brightest representatives. Robert Smits has always refrained from wanting to place the group in a certain category, commenting in a 2006 interview: “It’s so sad to still see the ‘goth’ tag next to the name ‘The Cure’.
We are not classifiable. We may have been classified as post-punk when we started, but in general it’s impossible … I’m just playing “Cure” music, whatever that means “.
During their career, “The Cure” has released 13 studio albums, several concert albums and samples, more than 40 singles, selling more than 30 million records in total.
They also have several concert films on their behalf, as well as the use of their compositions in films. It’s no secret that Robert Smith’s character was assigned to one of director Tim Burton’s most iconic films, “Edward Scissorhands”. Following the release of the film, Smith collaborated musically with Burton on two of his other films.
“The Cure” has received numerous prestigious music awards, including “Brit Award”, “MTV Music Video Award”, “Ivor Novello Award”, etc.
In 2019, The Cure was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
