Cure

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The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member ... (read more at Wikipedia)
== Links to Peel ==
The Cure played at the Reading Festival in August 1979, as one of a few token New Wave acts booked for the traditionally heavy rock lineup. Peel acted as the compere for the festival and mused on it a few months later.
"I actually met the band because I saw them at Reading - which I was compering - the festival. Best thing about it, I thought actually. I went back afterwards to speak to them. Did my usual, trying to be terribly funny and terribly witty and well-informed at the same time, which was rather embarrassing - horrific, in fact. And I apologise to them for that."(01 November 1979)
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*1979 Festive Fifty: 10-15 Saturday Night #43
*1980 Festive Fifty: A Forest #18
*1981 Festive Fifty: A Forest #8
*1982 Festive Fifty: A Forest ATFF#5
*1982 Festive Fifty: The Hanging Garden #25
*1982 Festive Fifty: The Figurehead #28
*1982 Festive Fifty: A Strange Day #33
*1983 Festive Fifty: The Love Cats #15
*1983 Festive Fifty: The Walk #49
*1985 Festive Fifty: Inbetween Days #27
== Sessions ==
thumb|320px|right|Desperate Journalist In Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation: Robert Smith reacted to this [http://www.picturesofyou.us/79/79nme.htm NME review] with an alternative version of 'Grinding Halt' in the Cure's second session
Six sessions. Debut released on (Multi The Peel Session) Strange Fruit SFPS050
1. Recorded: 1978-12-04. First broadcast: 11 December 1978. Repeated: 10 January 1979, 07 March 1979, 30 July 1980.
*Killing An Arab / 10.15 Saturday Night / Fire In Cairo / Boys Don't Cry
2. Recorded: 1979-05-09. First broadcast: 16 May 1979. Repeated: 06 June 1979, 24 December 1979.
*Desperate Journalist In Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation / Grinding Halt / Subway Song / Plastic Passion / Accuracy
3. Recorded: 1980-03-03. First broadcast: 10 March 1980. Repeated: 27 March 1980, 30 April 1980, 29 May 1980, 30 December 1980.
*A Forest / 17 Seconds / Play For Today / M
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4. Recorded: 1981-01-07. First broadcast: 15 January 1981. Repeated: 02 February 1981, 29 July 1981, 17 November 1981.
*Holy Hour / Forever / Primary / All Cats Are Grey
5. Recorded: 1981-12-21. First broadcast: 04 January 1982. Repeated: 20 January 1982, 22 February 1982, 12 February 1985
*Figurehead / A Hundred Years / Siamese Twins / A Hanging Garden (not tx)
6. Recorded: 1985-07-30. First broadcast: 07 August 1985. Repeated: 20 August 1985, 10 September 1985, 01 October 1985.
*The Exploding Boy / Six Different Ways / Screw / Sinking
== Show appearances (Excluding Sessions) ==
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site. Please add more information if known.)
;1979
*11 January 1979: Killing An Arab (7") Small Wonder SMALL 11
*17 January 1979: Killing An Arab (7") Small Wonder SMALL 11
*24 January 1979: Killing An Arab (7") Small Wonder SMALL 11
*25 January 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night (7" - Killing An Arab) Small Wonder
*14 February 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night
*27 February 1979: Killing An Arab (7") Fiction FICS 1
*09 April 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*09 April 1979: Accuracy (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*09 April 1979: Grinding Halt (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*09 April 1979: Another Day (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*10 April 1979: So What (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*10 April 1979: Fire In Cairo (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*10 April 1979: It's Not You (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*10 April 1979: Three Imaginary Boys (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*10 April 1979: The Weedy Burton (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*11 April 1979: Object (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1 as announced on the 10th
*11 April 1979: Subway Song (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1 as announced on the 10th
*11 April 1979: Foxy Lady (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1 as announced on the 10th
*11 April 1979: Meathook (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1 as announced on the 10th
*19 April 1979: Grinding Halt (12" promo) Fiction
*23 April 1979: Object (LP – Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*25 April 1979: Grinding Halt (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*30 April 1979: Accuracy (LP – Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*01 May 1979: Subway Song (LP – Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*14 May 1979: Foxy Lady (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*15 May 1979: Fire In Cairo (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*21 May 1979: Three Imaginary Boys (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*05 June 1979: Subway Song (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*18 June 1979: Boys Don't Cry (single) Fiction
*07 July 1979 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry (7") Fiction
*14 July 1979 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry (7") Fiction
*16 July 1979: Boys Don't Cry (single) Fiction
*29 September 1979 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry (7") Fiction
*29 October 1979: Jumping Someone Else’s Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*01 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*03 November 1979 (BFBS): Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*10 November 1979 (BFBS): Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*13 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*19 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*21 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*15 December 1979 (BFBS): Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*20 December 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night (LP-Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FF#43
;1980
*05 January 1980 (BFBS): Jumping Someone Else's Train (7") Fiction FICS 5
*23 January 1980: Fires In Cairo (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*09 February 1980 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry (7") Fiction FICS 002
*24 March 1980: A Forest (single) Fiction
*26 March 1980: A Forest (single) Fiction
*16 April 1980: A Forest (7") Fiction FICS 10
*21 April 1980: A Forest (7") Fiction FICS 10
*22 April 1980: Play For Today (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*22 April 1980: In Your House (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*26 April 1980 (BFBS): A Forest (7") Fiction FICS 10
*29 April 1980: In Your House (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*03 May 1980 (BFBS): In Your House (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*10 May 1980 (BFBS): Play For Today (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*17 May 1980 (BFBS): Play For Today (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*31 May 1980 (BFBS): At Night (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*05 June 1980: Secrets (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*07 June 1980 (BFBS): Foxy Lady (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*03 July 1980 (BFBS): Killing An Arab
*31 July 1980 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry
*08 September 1980: A Forest (7”) Fiction
*29 December 1980: A Forest (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004 FF#18
;1981
*09 March 1981: Primary (single) Fiction
*16 March 1981: Primary (7") Fiction FICS 12
*19 March 1981 (BFBS): Primary (7") Fiction FICS 12
*22 March 1981 (BFBS): Primary (7") Fiction FICS 12
*02 April 1981: Primary (single) Fiction
*09 April 1981: Primary (extended version) (12" single) Fiction
*14 April 1981: The Holy Hour (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*15 April 1981: The Drowning Man (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*20 April 1981: Primary
*22 April 1981: All Cats Are Grey (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*23 April 1981 (BFBS): The Holy Hour (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*23 April 1981 (BFBS): Doubt (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*26 April 1981 (BFBS): All Cats Are Grey (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*28 April 1981: All Cats Are Grey (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*03 May 1981 (BFBS): The Drowning Man (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*14 May 1981: Other Voices (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*Peel April To July 1981: The Funeral Party (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*Peel April To July 1981: Doubt (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*25 May 1981: The Drowning Man (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*28 May 1981 (BFBS): The Drowning Man (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*16 June 1981: Jumping Someone Else’s Train
*18 June 1981 (BFBS): The Holy Hour (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*28 June 1981 (BFBS): Primary (7") Fiction FICS 12
*22 September 1981: Charlotte Sometimes (12") Fiction FICSX 14
*22 September 1981: Splintered In Her Head (12" - Charlotte Sometimes) Fiction FICSX 14
*24 September 1981 (BFBS): 10.15 Saturday Night
*27 September 1981 (BFBS): Secrets (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*Peel October November 1981: Charlotte Sometimes (7") Fiction
*06 October 1981: Charlotte Sometimes (7") Fiction FICS 14
*20 October 1981: Charlotte Sometimes (7") Fiction FICS 14
*25 October 1981 (BFBS): The Drowning Man (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*05 November 1981: Splintered In Her Head (7" - Charlotte Sometimes) Fiction FICS 14
*09 December 1981: Splintered In Her Head (7” – Charlotte Sometimes) Fiction
*20 December 1981 (BFBS): Charlotte Sometimes (7") Fiction FICS 14
*30 December 1981: A Forest (12 inch) Fiction FF#8
;1982
*08 March 1982: Jumping Someone Else's Train
*26 April 1982: The Hanging Garden (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*28 April 1982: A Short Term Effect (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*28 April 1982: A Strange Day (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*02 May 1982 (BFBS): The Hanging Garden (12" promo for album - Pornography) Fiction CURE 1
*04 May 1982: The Figurehead (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*12 May 1982 (BFBS): The Figurehead (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*12 May 1982 (BFBS): Pornography (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*19 May 1982 (BFBS): Cold (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*26 May 1982 (BFBS): A Short Term Effect (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*03 June 1982 (BBC World Service): The Figurehead (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*06 June 1982 (BFBS): Cold (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7
*18 July 1982 (BFBS): A Forest (live) (2x7" - A Single) Fiction FICG 15
*20 September 1982: Lament (flexidisc version issued with 'Flexipop' magazine)
*14 November 1982 (BFBS): Play For Today (album - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FIX 004
*15 November 1982: Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction FICS 17
*23 November 1982: Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction FICS 17
*24 November 1982 (BFBS): Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction FICS 17
*01 December 1982: 10:15 Saturday Night (7") Fiction
*01 December 1982 (BFBS): Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction FICS 17
*02 December 1982: Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction FICS 17
*06 December 1982: A Forest (12") Fiction
*07 December 1982: Pornography (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7 (played backwards, wrong speed and right speed)
*12 December 1982 (BFBS): 10:15 Saturday Night (7") Fiction
*12 December 1982 (BFBS): Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction FICS 17
*21 December 1982: A Strange Day (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7 FF#33
*22 December 1982: The Figurehead (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7 FF#28
*23 December 1982: (JP: “In your favourites of this year, I think it's a much more interesting chart. I mean, who would have thought that there would have been three tracks from the Cure's Pornography LP in it? This is the third.”)The Hanging Garden (LP-Pornography) Fiction FF#25
*27 December 1982 (BBC World Service): Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction
*30 December 1982: A Forest (12 inch) Fiction ATFF#5
;1983
*09 January 1983 (BFBS): A Forest (2x7" - A Single) Fiction
*19 January 1983 (BFBS): Let`s Go To Bed (12") Fiction FICSX 17
*06 February 1983 (BFBS): Just One Kiss (7" - Let's Go To Bed) Fiction FICS 17
*15 February 1983: Boys Don't Cry (7") Fiction
*10 May 1983: Charlotte Sometimes
*22 May 1983 (BFBS): Killing An Arab (7") Small Wonder SMALL 11
*06 June 1983: All Cats Are Grey (album - Faith) Fiction
*05 July 1983: The Walk (12" - The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament ) Fiction
*06 July 1983 (BFBS): Charlotte Sometimes (7") Fiction FICS 14
*06 July 1983 (BFBS): The Walk (7") Fiction FICS 18
*13 July 1983 (BFBS): The Dream (12" - The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament) Fiction FICSX 18
*20 July 1983 (BFBS): Meathook (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*20 July 1983 (BFBS): The Upstairs Room (12" - The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament) Fiction FICSX 18
*28 July 1983: The Upstairs Room (12" - The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament) Fiction FICSX 18
*06 September 1983: Jumping Someone Else's Train (album - Boy's Don't Cry) Fiction
*10 September 1983 (BFBS): Jumping Someone Else`s Train (album - Boy's Don't Cry) Fiction SPELP 26
*17 October 1983: Love Cats (7") Fiction
*08 December 1983: The Upstairs Room (LP - The Walk) Fiction
*21 December 1983: The Walk (7 inch) Fiction FF#49
*28 December 1983: The Lovecats (7") Fiction FF#15 (JP: “I must admit, I thought that was absolute rubbish the first time I heard it, but I did learn to, not exactly love it, but learn to live with it, anyway.”)
*Tremble The Dog: Boys Don't Cry
;1984
*John Peel February March 1984: The Caterpillar (LP - The Top) Fiction
*02 April 1984 (BBC World Service): unknown
*09 April 1984: Grinding Halt
*18 April 1984 (BFBS): Grinding Halt
*26 April 1984: A Forest (12") Fiction FICSX 10
*09 May 1984 (BFBS): The Caterpillar (album - The Top) Fiction FIXS9
*31 October 1984: Charlotte Sometimes (may be from later show)
*23 December 1984 (BFBS): I'm Cold (7" - Jumping Someone Else's Train) Fiction FICS 5
;1985
*10 February 1985 (BFBS): 10:15 Saturday Night
*04 March 1985: 10:15 Saturday Night
*15 July 1985: In Between Days (7") Fiction FICS 22
*22 July 1985 (BBC World Service): In Between Days (12") Fiction
*23 July 1985: In Between Days (single) Fiction
*12 August 1985: A Few Hours After This (12” single – In Between Days b-side bonus track) Fiction
*12 August 1985 (BBC World Service): A Few Hours After This (12" - In Between Days) Fiction
*26 August 1985: 'The Blood (LP-The Head On The Door)' (Fiction)
*26 August 1985: 'Six Different Ways (LP-The Head On The Door)' (Fiction)
*26 August 1985 (BFBS): Just One Kiss (7" - Let's Go To Bed) Fiction FICS 17
*28 August 1985: Kyoto Song (LP - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*02 September 1985: The Baby Screams (LP - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*02 September 1985 (BFBS): The Baby Screams (LP - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*02 September 1985 (BFBS): Push (album - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*02 September 1985 (BFBS): The Blood (album - The Head On The Door)' (Fiction)
*06 September 1985 (BBC World Service): The Blood (album - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*06 September 1985 (BBC World Service): Push (album - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*09 September 1985: Sinking (LP - The Head On The Door) Fiction 
*09 September 1985 (BBC World Service): Close To Me (7") Fiction 
*11 September 1985: Screw (LP - The Head On The Door) Fiction
*21 October 1985: Meathook (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FIX 1
*18 December 1985: In Between Days FF#27
;1986
*09 January 1986 (BFBS): The Figurehead (album - Pornography) Fiction FIXD7 FF#28
*18 February 1986: Play For Today (LP - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction
*22 February 1986 (BFBS): 'Caterpillar (LP-The Top)' (Fiction)
*John Peel inc 04 March 1986 edited: Shake Dog Shake
*21 April 1986: Boys Don't Cry (7" - Boys Don't Cry (New Voice • New Mix)) Fiction FICS 24
*26 April 1986 (BFBS): 'Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix) (7")' (Fiction)
*28 April 1986 (BBC World Service): Boys Don't Cry (Resung & Club Mixed February 86) (7") Fiction
*20 May 1986: Killing An Arab (LP - Standing On A Beach • The Singles) Fiction
*10 June 1986: The Hanging Garden (7") Fiction
*14 June 1986 (BFBS): The Hanging Garden (7") Fiction
*23 July 1986 (BFBS): Charlotte Sometimes (single) Fiction
*16 October 1986 (BFBS) (Peel 043 (BFBS)): 'All Cats Are Grey (LP-Faith)' (Fiction)
*08 December 1986: The Lovecats (7") Fiction
;1987
*30 March 1987: Why Can't I Be You? (7") Fiction
*07 April 1987: Why Can't I Be You? (7") Fiction
*13 April 1987: Why Can't I Be You? (7") Fiction
*22 April 1987: Why Can't I Be You? (7") Fiction
*20 May 1987: All I Want (LP - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me) Fiction/Polydor
*01 June 1987: Hot Hot Hot!!! (LP - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me) Fiction
*04 June 1987 (Rockradio): 1000 Hours (album - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me)
*June (No. 2) 1987 (BBC World Service): All I Want (LP - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me) Fiction/Polydor
*12 August 1987: 1000 Hours (album - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me)
*13 August 1987 (Radio Bremen): Why Can't I Be You? (7") Fiction
*23 November 1987: 10:15 Saturday Night (7") Polydor
;1988
*02 May 1988: Killing An Arab (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
*04 May 1988: 10.15 Saturday Night (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
*28 May 1988 (Radio Bremen): 10.15 Saturday Night (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
*10 June 1988 (BFBS) (Peel 085 (BFBS)): 'Fire In Cairo (12"-The Peel Sessions)' (Strange Fruit)
;1989
*03 February 1989 (BFBS) (Peel 099 (BFBS)): 'Primary (12")' (Fiction)
;1990
*07 August 1990: Faith (LP - Faith) Fiction
*28 October 1990: Hello I Love You (LP - Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary) Elektra
;1991
*07 July 1991: Hello I Love You (LP - Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary) Elektra
;1993
*06 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles): Friday I’m In Love (single) Fiction
;1996
*24 June 1996: Boys Don’t Cry (4/12/78 session) (John Peel's Classic Sessions)
;2002
*07 May 2002: A Forest (Played as part of Dave Clarke DJ set. JP tells DC he is thinking of reintroducing The Forest into his own DJ sets, after something of a gap. Apparently the track was so popular back in the day that Peel would deem a gig a success if he made it to the end of the night without playing the song.)
;2004
*11 March 2004 (vs SFB): In Between Dazed Mix (12") white label
*15 September 2004: A Forest (12") Fiction
*21 October 2004 (introduced by Robert Smith): Desperate Journalist - (Fiction)
*29 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): '10:15 Saturday Night (LP-Three Imaginary Boys)' (Fiction)
;Others
*Peel Early Dec 1983: The Upstairs Room (album - Japanese Whispers) Fiction
*Peel Late Oct 1984: Charlotte Sometimes
*Peel 005 (BFBS): 10.15 Saturday Night (LP-Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
*Peel 018 (BFBS): Just One Kiss (LP-Japanese Whispers) Fiction
*Peel 019 (BFBS): Push (LP-The Head On The Door) Fiction (JP: “A good LP actually, their best in a while.”)
*13 February 1986 (BFBS) Peel 029 (BFBS): Caterpillar (LP-The Top) Fiction
*Peel 034 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix) (7") Fiction
*Peel 085 (BFBS): 'Fire In Cairo (12"-The Peel Sessions)' (Strange Fruit)
*Peel 099 (BFBS): 'Primary (12")' (Fiction) (JP: 'Thumpety thumpety thump, they went. I liked them better in those days: of course, they don't seem to do anything now.')
== Top Of The Pops ==
*07 July 1983 (TOTP): The Walk
*10 November 1983 (TOTP): The Love Cats
*08 May 1986 (TOTP): Boys Don't Cry
== See Also ==
*Indie Charts
*1979 Top Twenty Albums
*The Collection (Peel Acres - Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy)
*Gigography 1979
*Record Collection: Auction
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Teenage Kicks: I Talk To The Trees
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