by Jeff Apter
Team Cure –
Who Played What & When
Robert Smith
Co-founder/Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist
Played on: all albums
Michael Dempsey
Co-founder/Bass (1977–1979)
Played on: Three Imaginary Boys
Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst
Co-founder/Drums, Keyboards (1977–1992)
Played on: everything to Disintegration
Porl Thompson
Saxophone, Guitars and Keyboards (1977–1978 and 1984–1993)
Played on: The Top, The Head On The Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration and Wish
Simon Gallup
Bass (1979–1982 and 1985–now)
Played on: Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography and then The Head On The Door onwards
Matthieu Hartley
Keyboards (1979–1980)
Played on: Seventeen Seconds
Andy Anderson
Drums (1983–1984)
Played on: The Top
Phil Thornalley
Bass (1984–1985)
Played on: ‘The Lovecats’ single; co-produced Pornography
Boris Williams
Drums (1984–1994)
Played on: The Head On The Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration and Wish
Roger O’Donnell
Keyboards (1987–1990 and 1995–now)
Played on: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration, Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure
Perry Bamonte
Guitar, Keyboards (1990–now)
Played on: Wish, Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure
Jason Cooper
Drums (1995–now)
Played on: Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure
Note: This list only features those who have recorded and toured with The Cure.
Discography/Videography/Websites
Three Imaginary Boys
Fiction May 1979
10.15 Saturday Night / Accuracy / Grinding Halt / Another Day / Object / Subway Song / Foxy Lady / Meathook / So What / Fire In Cairo / It’s Not You / Three Imaginary Boys / The Weedy Burton
Boys Don’t Cry
Elektra February 1980 (USA)
Jumping Someone Else’s Train / Boys Don’t Cry / Plastic Passion / 10.15 Saturday Night / Accuracy / So What / Subway Song / Killing An Arab / Fire In Cairo / Another Day / Grinding Halt / World War / Three Imaginary Boys
Three Imaginary Boys (Deluxe Edition)
Fiction January 2005
10.15 Saturday Night / Accuracy / Grinding Halt / Another Day / Object / Subway Song / Foxy Lady / Meathook / So What / Fire In Cairo / It’s Not You / Three Imaginary Boys / The Weedy Burton I Want To Be Old / I’m Cold / Heroin Face / I Just Need Myself / 10.15 Saturday Night / The Cocktail Party / Grinding Halt / Boys Don’t Cry / It’s Not You / 10.15 Saturday Night / Fire In Cairo / Winter / Faded Smiles (aka I Don’t Know) / Play With Me / World War / Boys Don’t Cry /Jumping Someone Else’s Train / Subway Song / Accuracy / 10.15 Saturday Night
Seventeen Seconds
Fiction April 1980
A Reflection / Play For Today / Secrets / In Your House / Three / The Final Sound / A Forest / M / At Night / Seventeen Seconds
Faith
Fiction April 1981
The Holy Hour / Primary / Other Voices / All Cats Are Grey / The Funeral Party / Doubt / The Drowning Man / Faith
Pornography
Fiction May 1982
One Hundred Years / A Short Term Effect / The Hanging Garden / Siamese Twins / The Figurehead / A Strange Day / Cold / Pornography
Japanese Whispers
Fiction December 1983
Let’s Go To Bed / The Dream /Just One Kiss / The Upstairs Room / The Walk / Speak My Language / Lament / The Lovecats
The Top
Fiction May 1984
Shake Dog Shake / Birdmad Girl / Wailing Wall / Give Me It / Dressing Up / The Caterpillar / Piggy In The Mirror / The Empty World / Bananafishbones / The Top
Concert: The Cure Live
Fiction October 1984
Shake Dog Shake / Primary / Charlotte Sometimes / The Hanging Garden / Give Me It / The Walk / One Hundred Years / A Forest / 10.15 Saturday Night / Killing An Arab
The Head On The Door
Fiction August 1985
Inbetween Days / Kyoto Song / The Blood / Six Different Ways / Push / The Baby Screams / Close To Me / A Night Like This / Screw / Sinking
Standing On A Beach: The Singles
Fiction May 1986
Killing An Arab / Boys Don’t Cry /Jumping Someone Else’s Train / A Forest / Primary / Charlotte Sometimes / The Hanging Garden / Let’s Go To Bed / The Walk / The Lovecats / The Caterpillar / Inbetween Days / Close To Me
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Fiction May 1987
The Kiss / Catch / Torture / If Only Tonight We Could Sleep / Why Can’t I Be You? / How Beautiful You Are / Snakepit / Hey You / Just Like Heaven / All I Want / Hot Hot Hot!!! / One More Time / Like Cockatoos / Icing Sugar / The Perfect Girl / A Thousand Hours / Shiver And Shake / Fight
Disintegration
Fiction May 1989
Plainsong / Pictures Of You / Closedown / Lovesong / Lullaby / Fascination Street / Prayers For Rain / The Same Deep Water As You / Disintegration / Untitled
Mixed Up
Fiction November 1990
Lullaby (extended mix) / Close To Me (closer mix) / Fascination Street (extended mix) / The Walk (everything mix) / Lovesong (extended mix) / A Forest (tree mix) / Pictures Of You (extended dub mix) / Hot Hot Hot!!! (extended mix) / Why Can’t I Be You? (extended mix) / The Caterpillar (flicker mix) / Inbetween Days (shiver mix) / Never Enough (big mix)
Entreat
Fiction March 1991
Pictures Of You / Closedown / Last Dance / Fascination Street / Prayers For Rain / Disintegration / Homesick / Untitled
Wish
Fiction April 1992
Open / High / Apart / From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea / Wendy Time / Doing The Unstuck / Friday I’m In Love / Trust / A Letter To Elise / Cut / To Wish Impossible Things / End
Show
Fiction September 1993
Tape / Open / High / Pictures Of You / Lullaby / Just Like Heaven / Fascination Street / A Night Like This / Trust / Doing The Unstuck / The Walk / Let’s Go To Bed / Friday I’m In Love / Inbetween Days / From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea / Never Enough / Cut / End
Paris
Fiction October 1993
The Figurehead / One Hundred Years / At Night / Play For Today / Apart / In Your House / Lovesong / Catch / A Letter To Elise / Dressing Up / Charlotte Sometimes / Close To Me
Wild Mood Swings
Fiction May 1996
Want / Club America / This Is A Lie / The 13th / Strange Attraction / Mint Car /Jupiter Crash / Round & Round & Round / Gone! / Numb / Return / Trap / Treasure / Bare
Galore
Fiction September 1997
Why Can’t I Be You? / Catch / Just Like Heaven / Hot Hot Hot!!! / Lullaby / Fascination Street / Lovesong / Pictures Of You / Never Enough / Close To Me / High / Friday I’m In Love / A Letter To Elise / The 13th / Mint Car / Strange Attraction / Gone! / Wrong Number
Bloodflowers
Fiction February 2000
Out Of This World / Watching Me Fall / Where The Birds Always Sing / Maybe Someday / The Last Day Of Summer / There Is No If … / The Loudest Sound / 39 / Bloodflowers
Greatest Hits
Fiction November 2001 (some versions also included bonus CD Acoustic Hits plus DVD Greatest Hits / Acoustic Hits)
Boys Don’t Cry / A Forest / Let’s Go To Bed / The Walk / The Lovecats / Inbetween Days / Close To Me / Why Can’t I Be You? / Just Like Heaven / Lullaby / Lovesong / Never Enough / High / Friday I’m In Love / Mint Car / Wrong Number / Cut Here / Just Say Yes
Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001
Fiction January 2004
10.15 Sat
urday Night / Plastic Passion / Pillbox Tales / Do The Hansa / I’m Cold / Another Journey By Train / Descent / Splintered In Her Head / Lament / Just One Kiss / The Dream / The Upstairs Room / Lament / Speak My Language / Mr Pink Eyes / Happy The Man / Throw Your Foot / New Day / The Exploding Boy / A Few Hours After This / A Man Inside My Mouth / Stop Dead / A Japanese Dream / Breathe / A Chain Of Flowers / Snow In Summer / Sugar Girl / Icing Sugar / Hey You!!! (Kervorkian 12-inch Remix) / To The Sky / Babble / Out Of Mind / 2 Late / Fear Of Ghosts / Hello I Love You (psychedelic version) / Hello I Love You / Hello I Love You (10 sec version) / Harold And Joe / Just Like Heaven (“Chuck” remix) / This Twilight Garden / Play / Halo / Scared As You / The Big Hand / A Foolish Arrangement / Doing The Unstuck (Saunders 12-inch remix) / Purple Haze (Virgin Radio Version) / Purple Haze / Burn / Young Americans / Dredd Song / It Used To Be Me / Ocean / Adonais / Home / Waiting / A Pink Dream / This Is A Lie (Palmer Remix) / Wrong Number (Smith Remix) / More Than This / World In My Eyes / Possession / Out Of This World (Oakenfold Remix) / Maybe Someday / Coming Up / Signal To Noise (Acoustic Version) / Signal To Noise / Just Say Yes (Curve Remix) / A Forest (Plati/Slick Version)
The Cure
Geffen June 2004
Lost / Labyrinth / Before Three / The End Of The World / Anniversary / Us Or Them / alt.end / (I Don’t Know What’s Going) On / Talking Off / Never / The Promise / Going Nowhere
Faith
Rhino April 2005
The Holy Hour / Primary / Other Voices / All Cats Are Grey / The Funeral Party / Doubt / The Drowning Man / Faith / Carnage Visors: The Soundtrack / Faith / Doubt / Drowning / The Holy Hour / Primary / Going Home Time / The Violin Song / A Normal Story / All Cats Are Grey (live) / The Funeral Party (live) / Other Voices (live) / The Drowning Man (live) / Faith (live) / Forever (live) / Charlotte Sometimes
Seventeen Seconds
Rhino April 2005
A Reflection / Play For Today / Secrets / In Your House / Three / The Final Sound / A Forest / M / At Night / Seventeen Seconds / I’m A Cult Hero / I Dig You / Another Journey By Train / Secrets / Seventeen Seconds / In Your House (Live in Amsterdam) / Three /I Dig You / I’m A Cult Hero / M / The Final Sound / A Reflection / Play For Today / At Night (Live in France) / A Forest
Pornography
Rhino April 2005
One Hundred Years / A Short Term Effect / The Hanging Garden / Siamese Twins / The Figurehead / A Strange Day / Cold / Pornography / Break / Demise / Temptation / The Figurehead / The Hanging Garden / One Hundred Years / Airlock: The Soundtrack / Cold (live) / A Strange Day (live) / Pornography (live) / All Mine (live) / A Short Term Effect (live) / Siamese Twins (live) / Temptation Two (aka LGTB)
4:13 Dream
I Am/Geffen September 2008
Underneath The Stars / The Only One / The Reasons Why / Freakshow / Sirensong / The Real Snow White / The Hungry Ghost / Switch / The Perfect Boy / This. Here And Now. / With You / Sleep When I’m Dead / The Scream / It’s Over
For complete discography up to March 1994 see: The Cure On Record by Daren Butler (Omnibus Press 1995) and www.allmusic.com
Videography
Staring At The Sea: The Images
Pvc May 1986
Killing An Arab / 10.15 Saturday Night / Boys Don’t Cry /Jumping Someone Else’s Train / A Forest / Play For Today / Primary / Other Voices / Charlotte Sometimes / The Hanging Garden / Let’s Go To Bed / The Walk / The Lovecats / The Caterpillar / Inbetween Days / Close To Me / A Night Like This
In Orange
Elektra/Asylum 1988
Picture Show
Elektra/Asylum 1991
Why Can’t I Be You? / Catch / Hot Hot Hot!!! / Just Like Heaven / Lullaby / Fascination Street / Lovesong / Pictures Of You / Never Enough / Close To Me (closer mix)
The Cure Play Out
Elektra 1992
Wendy Time / The Big Hand / Away / Let’s Go To Bed / A Strange Day / Pictures Of You / Fascination Street / Lullaby / A Forest / The Blood / The Walk / A Letter To Elise / Boys Don’t Cry / Never Enough
Side Show
Elektra/Asylum November 1993 (Australia and the USA only)
Show / Tape / Just Like Heaven / Fascination Street / The Walk / Let’s Go To Bed
Galore
Elektra/Asylum November 1997
Why Can’t I Be You? / Catch / Just Like Heaven / Hot Hot Hot!!! / Lullaby / Fascination Street / Lovesong / Pictures Of You / Never Enough / Close To Me / High / Friday I’m In Love / A Letter To Elise / The 13th / Mint Car / Strange Attraction / Gone! / Wrong Number
Websites
Bootleg list
www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/boots/bootindex.html
Official website
www.thecure.com
Other useful websites
www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/
www.curiosity.de/
www.thecure.netfirms.com/17seconds.html
www.plainsong.net/
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChainofFlowers/