Formed in Crawley in 1978 by Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst, The Cure emerged from the UK's post-punk scene, blending spiky punk energy with gothic rock's brooding shadows and new wave's icy edges.
Smith's constant presence amid lineup flux shaped their evolution from the haunted minimalism of…
60 roots·98 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped The Cure; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Rob Sonic, Mogwai, Paul Oakenfold, Ross Robinson + 56 more
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6 releases·2005-2024
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2008