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The Cure are an England|English alternative rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smithâ€”known for his iconic big hair|wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick and frequently gloomy and introspective lyricsâ€”being the only constant member.

The members of The Cure first started releasing music in the late 1970s. Their first album, ''Three Imaginary Boys'' (1979), and early singles placed them as part of the post-punk and New Wave (music)|New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre. After the release of 1982's ''Pornography (album)|Pornography'', the band's future was uncertain and frontman Robert Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had cultivated. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed (The Cure song)|Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to inject more of a pop sensibility into the band's music. The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States, where the songs "Just Like Heaven (song)|Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong (The Cure song)|Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the ''Billboard ma... read all