Bands Gone Wild: The Cure

Season 7, Episode 258,   Oct 10, 2022, 07:00 AM

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Robert Smith formed the band The Cure with his schoolmates when he was still in middle school. They found early success and soon began touring around the world.

Robert Smith formed the band The Cure with his schoolmates when he was still in middle school.  They found early success and soon began touring around the world.  But their sobriety and mental health began to suffer from the strain while on tour.  It all came to a dramatic end on stage in Brussels in 1982.


Resources:
“The Crack Up” by Tonino Cagnucci, October 11, 2014. https://thecuretc.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/the-crack-up-2/

“The ‘one time’ Robert Smith was really frightened with ‘The Cure’” by Jordan Potter for Far Out Magazine, August 20, 2022.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/time-robert-smith-really-frightened-the-cure/

The Story of “The Cure” (2004), More Music Shows, May 15, 2020, YouTube. https://youtu.be/9W7vOJC1qLI