List of the Cure band members
The Cure

List of the Cure band members

Section Title: The Cure
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Dates & recordings	Members & prominent instruments	Notes

1978–1979 Three Imaginary Boys	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Michael Dempsey – bass Lol Tolhurst – drums, keyboards	Dempsey provides vocals for the album track "Foxy Lady".

1979–1980 Seventeen Seconds	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars Lol Tolhurst – drums Simon Gallup – bass Matthieu Hartley – keyboards

1980–1982 Faith and Pornography	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Lol Tolhurst – drums, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass, keyboards

1982–1983 Japanese Whispers	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Lol Tolhurst – keyboards, drum machine Phil Thornalley – bass on "The Love Cats" Andy Anderson – drums on "The Love Cats" Steve Goulding – drums on "Let's Go To Bed"

1984 The Top	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, bass, strings Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Andy Anderson – drums, percussion	Porl Thompson guested on The Top, playing saxophone. This instigated his rejoining the band as lead guitarist.

1984 Concert and Live in Japan	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Phil Thornalley – bass Andy Anderson – drums

1985–1987 The Head on the Door, The Cure in Orange and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums

1987–1988	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Lol Tolhurst – keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Roger O'Donnell – keyboards	By 1988 O'Donnell had effectively replaced Tolhurst, who had been gradually withdrawing from active participation with the band.

1989 Disintegration and Entreat	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Porl Thompson – guitar Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Roger O'Donnell – keyboards	Lol Tolhurst is listed as an official sixth group member on Disintegration, and is credited with co-writing (along with the other band members) all tracks on the album as well as all the associated B-sides.

1990 Mixed Up	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums

1990–1993 Wish, Paris and Show	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Perry Bamonte – keyboards, guitar

1994 "Purple Haze" and "Burn"	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Boris Williams – drums Perry Bamonte – guitar, keyboards

1994 "This is a Lie"	Robert Smith – vocals, multiple instruments Perry Bamonte – multiple instruments	According to interviews, this was the lineup when Williams had left the band and Gallup was recovering from pleurisy.

1995–2005 Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, Trilogy and The Cure	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar Simon Gallup – bass Roger O'Donnell – keyboards Perry Bamonte – guitar Jason Cooper – drums	Reeves Gabrels guested on the 1997 single "Wrong Number", 15 years before joining the band as a full member. Boris Williams also briefly rejoined in 2001 for a one-off acoustic performance to commemorate the Greatest Hits compilation.

2005 "Love"	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass, keyboards Jason Cooper – drums	Short period of time following the firing of O'Donnell and Bamonte. The band filmed a few performances for LAUNCH and recorded a cover of John Lennon's "Love" for Amnesty.

2005–2010 Festival 2005 and 4:13 Dream	Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards Simon Gallup – bass Jason Cooper – drums

2011–2012 "Reflections" and Bestival Live 2011	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars Simon Gallup – bass Roger O'Donnell – keyboards Jason Cooper – drums	Lol Tolhurst also joined the band as a guest performer for the "Reflections" shows.

2012–present	Robert Smith – vocals, guitars Simon Gallup – bass Roger O'Donnell – keyboards Jason Cooper – drums Reeves Gabrels – guitars	Gabrels' live debut was the Pinkpop Festival, 26 May 2012.

Sentence(s)

Porl Thompson was one of The Cure band members and was the guitarist during Festival 2005.

final_sentence: Porl Thompson was one of The Cure band members and was the guitarist during Festival 2005.