Question: The Sequins were influenced by what band's principal songwriter Robert Smith?

Context articles: The Sequins
Joseph Smith (pianist)
Rev. Robert Smith House
Robert Smith (musician)
The Cure
Robert Smith (canoeist)
USS Robert Smith (DD-324)
Guided by Voices
Dan Koch
Bromley baronets

The Sequins are an indie-pop band from Coventry, England.
 Talking Heads, Pulp, Joy Division, The Cure and The Smiths are cited among their musical influences.
Joseph Robert Smith (July 4, 1948 – March 23, 2015) was an American pianist, author, and lecturer.
 The son of Robert Paul Smith and Elinor Goulding Smith, Smith was a long-time student of pianist Seymour Bernstein.
The Rev. Robert Smith House is a pre-Revolutionary house at 6 Glebe St., Charleston, South Carolina which is used as the official residence for the president of the College of Charleston.
 The present use is an odd twist of history; Rev. Robert Smith, whose name has been given to the house, was the first Episcopal bishop of South Carolina and was also himself the first president of the College of Charleston.
Robert James Smith (born 21 April 1959) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
 He is the lead singer, guitarist, lyricist and principal songwriter of the rock band the Cure.
 He is the band's only constant member since its formation in 1976.
 He has also played guitar in the band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
 Smith is a multi-instrumentalist, known for his unique stage look and distinctive voice.
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976.
 The band has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member.
Robert Smith (born April 11, 1929) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s.
 At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he was eliminated in the heats both of the K-1 1000 m and the K-2 1000 m events.
USS "Robert Smith" (DD-324) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I.
 She was named for Robert Smith (1757–1842), a member of President James Madison's cabinet.
Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) is an American indie rock band from Dayton, Ohio.
 It has made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard.
Dan Koch (born 1983) is the lead guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter for the rock band Pacific Gold and previous lead guitarist and principal songwriter for Sherwood.
 He helped form the band with Nate Henry in 2002 while attending university at Cal Poly.
 Dan was originally Sherwood's drummer, but when drummer Joe Greenetz joined the band he switched from drums to guitar.
 Moreover, Koch transitioned into the rhythm guitar player.
 With the departure of Chris Armstrong, Koch switched into the role of lead guitarist.
 Dan Koch is a native of Los Gatos, California.
 Dan married girlfriend Jaffrey Bagge on November 29, 2009.
 He currently resides in Seattle, Washington with his wife.
 While in high school, he was in a punk band called Ignorant Youth.
The Smith, later Bromley, later Pauncefote-Bromley, later Bromley-Wilson, later Bromley Baronetcy, of East Stoke in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
 It was created on 31 October 1757 for George Smith, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire from 1757 to 1759.
 He was the eldest son of Abel Smith (1686–1757) and Jane Beaumont (d. 1743) and grandson of Thomas Smith (1631–1699), the founder of the bank in Nottingham.
 He was brother of Abel Smith, father of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, of John Smith, great-grandfather of Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (see Baron Carrington and Baron Bicester for more information on these branches of the family) and Thomas Smith, grandfather of Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote.
 The first Baronet married Mary, daughter of Major William Howe and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Pauncefote.
 Major William Howe was the son of Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe and his wife Ruperta, daughter of Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
 The first Baronet was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet.
 He was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1775.
 In 1778 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Bromley in lieu of his patronymic.
 In 1803 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Pauncefote in addition to that of Bromley.