Robert’s kind of like Bowie he’s never going to want to reveal that much of himself. But, Tolhurst says, "I get the feeling I’m the only person within the whole Cure camp who will ever write about the band. Smith, of course, is the singer, main songwriter, guitarist and the face of The Cure - the one constant member from Day One. Tolhurst took drum lessons from a local big band jazz drummer and Smith took guitar lessons from a blues guitarist he met in the street. “It was maybe their second or third tour and it was just like, ‘Yeah, I get this.’ ” He was just a teen and not yet in a band. “I remember going to see The Clash with Robert at our local sports center,” says Tolhurst, clad in a black top and jeans one recent afternoon at Boston’s Hojoko restaurant. "Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys" tells the story of how he and his best friend, Robert Smith, created this little band in a drab London suburb named Crawley and brought it to the top of the alternative rock universe during the 1980s. If ever you want to get inside The Cure - one of the most artistically and commercially successful bands to come out of post-punk Britain - Lol Tolhurst’s new memoir is your go-to source. Facebook Email Former member of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst.
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