The night THE CURE almost BROKE UP
Channel: Simon Mas
Date: 2023-10-20

1982. The Cure embark on the most difficult and stressful tour of their career, the 14 Explicit Moments tour.

Months of mounting pressure, substance abuse, and the sheer visceral violence of their recent music Pornography bring internal tensions to the breaking point.

On May 27th, singer/guitarist Robert Smith and bassist Simon Gallup come to blows backstage. Though The Cure manage to complete the remainder of the tour, they are left on the brink of splitting up for good.

This video chronicles how the darkest chapter in the band's history pushed them to the limit, nearly ending the first era of one of the most influential alternative rock bands.


***CHAPTERS***
00:00 Introduction
01:00 A storm is brewing up
02:50 Pornography
04:41 14 explicit moments
08:03 Mending the wounds?
10:20 Conclusions
 

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***SOURCES***
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Patton, Daniel. Catch: Robert Smith and the Cure (London: The Dunce Directive, 1997)

Power, Ed. "How Pornography brought The Cure to the brink"
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-cure-pornography-album-robert-smith-glastonbury-festival-pyramid-stage-a8977831.html

Tolhurst, Lol. Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys (London:  Quercus, 2016)

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https://www.cure-concerts.de/main/index.php