The Cure

References

[1]Peter (EDT) Buckley (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock (http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843531054&id=7ctjc6UWCm4C& pg=RA21-PA3&lpg=RA21-PA3&dq="Perry+Bamonte"&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html). Rough GuidesMusic/Songbooks.

ISBN 1-84353-105-4. .

[2]"perrybamonte.de" (http://www.perrybamonte.de/v2006/about/interview-2006/). perrybamonte.de. . Retrieved 2010-05-14.

External links

•Interview with Bamonte (http://www.perrybamonte.de/v2006/about/interview-2006/)

•Perry Bamonte at Pictures of You (http://www.picturesofyou.us/members/perry.htm)

Michael Dempsey

Michael Dempsey (born 29 November 1958) is a bassist from England, who has performed as a member of several post-punk and New Wave bands including The Cure and Associates.

History

Early years

Michael Dempsey was born on 29 November 1958 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now known as Harare, Zimbabwe); the son of Nancy and William. He moved to Salfords in Surrey, England in 1961, and attended Salfords County School from 1963 to 1970.

He then went to Notre Dame Middle School between 1970 and 1972, where he met Robert Smith, Marc Ceccagno and Lol Tolhurst. Here they first played music together as The Obelisk in December 1972, giving an end-of-year performance for their classmates. Although he is ordinarily known as a bass guitar player, Dempsey played guitar for The Obelisk's only known live performance, whereas one Alan Hill played bass.

He later attended Saint Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School (1972–1976), and Crawley College from 1976 to 1978.

In January 1976 Dempsey became a co-founding member of Malice, along with Smith, Ceccagno, and others. The band also later featured Laurence Tolhurst, and Porl Thompson. They played only a few live shows in December of that same year.

Easy Cure and The Cure 1977–1979

In 1977 Dempsey, Tolhurst, Smith and Thompson formed Easy Cure, who became known as The Cure following Thompson's departure in April 1978. Dempsey appeared as bassist on The Cure's singles "Killing an Arab" (1978) and "Boys Don't Cry" (1979) and on the 1979 album Three Imaginary Boys. Other than frontman Smith, Dempsey had the distinction of being the only other member of The Cure (besides Simon Gallup on the unreleased demo, "Violin Song") to sing lead vocals. He sang the cover version of the Jimi Hendrix song "Foxy Lady", which appears

on Three Imaginary Boys. He made his final live performance as a member of The Cure on 15 October 1979 at London's Hammersmith Odeon on the last night of The Cure's tour in support of Siouxsie and the Banshees. In November of that year, however, the singles "Jumping Someone Else's Train" by The Cure and "I'm a Cult Hero" / "I Dig You" by Cure side-project Cult Hero were also released with Dempsey performing, respectively, bass and keyboards. The Cure's Three Imaginary Boys album and singles from 1978–1979 featuring Dempsey were later repackaged for the US market as the Boys Don't Cry album in 1980, and he appears on the band's early Peel Sessions between 1978 and 1979.

Post-Cure

In 1986 Dempsey appeared on the music video for a new version of "Boys Don't Cry". In 2004 the deluxe edition of Three Imaginary Boys was issued featuring a second disc of rare and previously unreleased material recorded between 1977 and 1979, which again feature Dempsey on bass. He also appears on some tracks on the deluxe edition of Seventeen Seconds.

Associates 1979–1983

Upon leaving The Cure Dempsey became the bassist for Scotland's Associates, who (like The Cure) were signed to Fiction Records. He had already performed with Associates prior to leaving The Cure, but made his debut as their new full-time bassist on 16 November 1979 at Eric's Club in Liverpool; the first night of the Future Pastimes Tour; a "Fiction Records Package" tour featuring The Cure, The Passions and Associates. He remained Associates' bassist from 1979 to 1983, appearing on the albums Fourth Drawer Down (1981) and Sulk (1982) along with a number of singles between 1980 and 1983. He also performed with the group on a series of radio sessions recorded for Radio 1's John Peel and David Jensen shows, which were later released in 2003 as the album Radio 1 Sessions Volume 1; 1981-83.

Post-Associates

The original group disbanded in 1983 following the departure of co-founder Alan Rankine, however frontman Billy Mackenzie continued to work under the name of Associates with various collaborators, including Dempsey at times. Dempsey has also continued to collaborate with Rankine. His replacement on bass during Associates' second phase was Roberto Soave, who has since appeared in several bands also featuring members of The Cure including Shelleyan Orphan, Presence and Babacar, as well as taking Gallup's place in The Cure for some live performances.

After MacKenzie's death in 1997, Dempsey was responsible for remastering and reissuing much of the band's early material as part of the V2 Records project, collaborating with MacKenzie's estate to ensure that his legacy was preserved. Dempsey has since then been responsible for making available archival Associates materials such as rare tracks and other media via his own media company.

Roxy Music 1982

One of Dempsey's most notable but often overlooked appearances was for the legendary British band Roxy Music: he appeared playing bass in the video for their hit single "Avalon". He also toured with the band to promote the album of the same name.

The Lotus Eaters 1983–1985

In 1983 Dempsey became the bassist for Liverpool's then-recently formed new wave band The Lotus Eaters, replacing original bassist Phil Lucking. They signed to Arista Records and released their debut single "The First Picture of You" in June 1983 (reaching number 15 in the UK charts), followed by the singles "You Don't Need Someone New" (August '83) and "Set Me Apart" (1984). The 1984 debut album No Sense of Sin followed with the single "Out On Your Own", and finally "It Hurts" in early 1985. Both Dempsey and founding member Jem Kelly left

the group in 1985: co-founder Peter Coyle continued under The Lotus Eaters name for a short time live with replacement members whilst Kelly went on to reform his earlier band The Wild Swans.

Post-Lotus Eaters

In 1998, the Lotus Eaters released First Picture of You - BBC Sessions, a compilation of Radio 1 sessions recorded between 1982 and 1983 and live material from 1984 featuring Dempsey on bass. Founding members Coyle and Kelly later reformed the Lotus Eaters in 2000 and released the album Slentspace, with a second album recorded and awaiting released in 2009: however Dempsey was no longer a member.

Kelly stated in a 2002 interview that "Michael Dempsey and I are working on an album and looking for French female singers. Do you know any? It’s inspired by cinemas and film music – music to make the spirit soar and get you thinking of scripts for Art house movies"[1]

In a 2004 interview with the Cure fansite A Pink Dream, Dempsey said that he had at one time been a collaborator on a project called Act, which he described as "a spin-off from Propaganda and The Lotus Eaters".[2]

Animation

In early 2000 Dempsey composed music for the children’s animated TV Series PB Bear & Friends. He also worked on several shorts, including films by the animator Gil Alkabetz.

Atom Heart Mother 2008

In 2008 Dempsey acted as producer for a staging of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother at the Cadogan Hall, London. The shows featured the composer Ron Geesin performing with a full choir, band, brass and guest appearance from David Gilmour.

Association with Lol Tolhurst

In 1990 Dempsey, Tolhurst and Gary Biddles (of Fools Dance) were recording demos together with a view to forming a new band following Tolhurst's departure from The Cure.[3] With the addition of keyboardist Chris Youdell (of Then Jerico) and drummer Alan Burgess the band emerged in 1991 as Presence with the singles "In Wonder" and "All I See". Dempsey received co-writing credit for "Amazed", a b-side from "All I See", but took a background role as a session bassist and did not appear in the band's photos or press. Porl Thompson also made guest appearances on guitar for some of these recordings, but by 1992 both Dempsey and Thompson were officially replaced by bassist Roberto Soave (formerly of Associates and Shelleyan Orphan) and guitarist Rob Steen respectively. Dempsey also received co-writing credits for another two tracks on the 1993 debut album Inside.

In 2004 Dempsey said that he still worked regularly with Tolhurst and that he had some contact with Thompson, but had not spoken to Smith in many years.[2] Tolhurst is also one of the artists associated with Dempsey's music and media publishing company.

In 2007 Dempsey also remixed Tolhurst's post-Presence project Levinhurst, contributing the "Imaginary Boy Mix" of the track "Never Going to Dream Again" to Levinhurst's The Grey EP (released in February 2007). Dempsey remixed some tracks from Levinhurst's second album House by the Sea (2007)[4] and was co-writer and performer on their third album, Blue Star (2009). Levinhurst toured Europe in 2009 and 2010 with Dempsey playing bass.

MDM Media

Since the 1990s Dempsey has also gone on to work in audio digital restoration, remastering, licensing, media content consultancy and original soundtracks for film, television and other media. His clients have included Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and V2 Records and he has his own company, MDM Media, specialising in these areas. He is also part of an affiliate company, BDM Music, whose other writers include Tolhurst, Rankine and many other musicians, composers and producers that Dempsey has worked with over the years. The company specialises in composing and licensing music for advertising.

Discography

The Cure

•Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

•Boys Don't Cry (1980)

•Standing on a Beach (1986)

•Greatest Hits (2001)

Associates

•Fourth Drawer Down (1981)

•Sulk (1982)

The Lotus Eaters

•No Sense of Sin (1984) Levinhurst

•Blue Star (2009)

References

[1]Lotus Eaters : Interview with Jem Kelly (http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=2781) by Anthony Strutt, Penny Black Music magazine, 22 February 2002.

[2]Interview with Michael Dempsey in A Pink Dream (http://www.apinkdream.org) fansite, 21 October 2004

[3]Robert Smith Interview in Cure News official fanclub newsletter, Issue No. 9, April 1990

[4]Interview with Lol Tolhurst (http://www.hispacure.com/b/prensa/archivo/reportajes/hispacure/

HispaCure_interview_to_Lol_Tolhurst_April2007.pdf), April 2007

Porl Thompson

Porl Thompson

Porl Thompson performing live with The Cure in Las Vegas, 2009

Schecter Porl Thompson Signature Model

Paul Stephen Thompson (born 8 November, 1957) now known as Pearl Thompson is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure.

Life and work

Thompson is the oldest of four children; he has two brothers and one sister. Thompson was married to Janet Smith, the younger sister of Cure bandmate Robert Smith, and together they have three sons and a daughter.

Thompson was part of the original lineup of the Cure, which also included Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, and Lol Tolhurst when the band was first formed in 1976; however, he was dropped by the time they released their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys, in 1979 because his lead guitar style was at odds with Smith's growing preference for minimalist songwriting.[2] He rejoined the band in 1983 on saxophone and helped record the album The Top. During the Top tour, Thompson played keyboard as well as the guitar and saxophone. He also performed with The Glove when they appeared on television.[3]

Thompson performed on four more studio albums (The Head on the Door, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me,

Disintegration and Wish) and four live albums (Concert, Entreat, Paris and Show) as well as the videos The Cure in Orange, Picture Show and Festival 2005. He also appears on the remix album Mixed Up and the deluxe issue of

Three Imaginary Boys.

Thompson left the Cure in 1994 to play with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin during the Page and Plant tour of 1995. He also played with Babacar, the band formed by Boris Williams following his departure from The Cure, and later formed his own solo project called Quietly Torn.[4] Thompson worked with Plant again when he joined the singer's group for the 2002 release Dreamland.

Thompson still paints and has a collection entitled "100% Sky" posted at his website. He officially rejoined the band for a third time in June 2005 and recorded the live DVD, The Cure: Festival 2005 and appeared on their 13th studio album, 4:13 Dream.

Thompson also toured with The Cure for their 2007-2008 4Tour.

Without any official explanation, Thompson was absent from all of the tour dates that The Cure performed in 2011. It is assumed he is continuing his multiple art projects.

Up until 2012 (When Reeves Gabrels joined to assume 2nd guitar duties) Thompson had the distinction of being the only other person, besides Robert Smith, to have worked with every other member of The Cure both past and present. Although he and Matthieu Hartley were never in the same line-up, the two of them did work together on the single "I'm a Cult Hero".

In 2007 Schecter Guitars released a Porl Thompson Signature model featuring graphics by the British artist, Kev Grey.

Thompson and designer Andy Vella are the co-founders of Parched Art, which has produced many of the record sleeves found on The Cure albums, many of which Thompson drew or painted.

Discography

The Cure

•The Top (1984)

•Concert (1984)

•The Cure Live In Japan (1984) VHS

•The Head on the Door (1985)

•Standing on a Beach (1986)

•The Cure In Orange (1986), VHS

•Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)

•Disintegration (1989)

•Mixed Up (1990)

•Entreat (1991)

•Wish (1992)

•Paris (1993)

•Show (1993)

•Galore (1997)

•Greatest Hits (2001)

•Festival 2005 (2005), DVD

•4:13 Dream (2008)

Page and Plant

•No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (1994) Robert Plant

•Dreamland (2002)

Shelleyan Orphan

• Humroot (1992) [5]

Babacar

• Babacar (1998)

References

[1]http://www.porl.co.uk/

[2]Ten Imaginary Years - ISBN 0-946391-87-4

[3]Answers.com (http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glove)

[4]http://www.picturesofyou.us/photos/96-99/98-quietlytorn-2.htm

[5]Humroot (http://artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,162106,00.html)

External links

•Porl Thompson bio (http://www.picturesofyou.us/members/Porl-bio-tiy-book.htm)

•Porl at Pictures of You (http://picturesofyou.us/members/porl.htm)

Phil Thornalley

Phil Thornalley

Philip Carden Thornalley (born on 5 January 1960) is a songwriter-producer who has worked in the music industry since 1978. He is perhaps best known for co-writing (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven) the song "Torn" for Natalie Imbruglia and Mama Do (with Mads Hauge) for Pixie Lott. He was also member of The Cure for a brief stint in the early 1980s, as well as the acting frontman for the band Johnny Hates Jazz in the early 1990s.

Background

He was born in Worlington, near Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

Thornalley began working as a recording engineer in 1978, at RAK Studios in St. John's Wood, London for producer Mickie Most. He also worked with producer Steve Lillywhite (the Psychedelic Furs and the Thompson Twins) and Alex Sadkin.[1]

Thornalley became the producer for The Cure on their fourth album, Pornography.[2] After Simon Gallup quit in 1982, he filled in as their bassist during the recording of Japanese Whispers and their first live album, Concert but eventually quit to keep on working as a songwriter and producer.[3]

In 1984, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Into the Gap by the Thompson Twins.

Thornalley has worked as a mixer for Duran Duran, XTC, Sting, Ash and Cyndi Lauper.

In 1988 he released his only solo album (Swamp).[1] He then joined Johnny Hates Jazz, and was the frontman on their 2nd album, 1991's Tall Stories. In 2010, Thornalley referred to his time with the band as “a grand mistake, in the sense that I devoted three years to it, and it was deeply unsuccessful. But you learn from your mistakes."[1]

Since leaving Johnny Hates Jazz, Thornalley has worked primarily as songwriter and record producer for other artists. In 1991, he co-wrote "Torn" (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven), which later appeared on Ednaswap's 1995 debut album.[1] Subsequently he was asked to produce some songs for Natalie Imbruglia, and "Torn" was rerecorded,