What is The Cure?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = The Cure | image = The Cure Live in Singapore 2-_1st_August 2007.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = The Cure performing in August 2007. From left to right: [[Pearl Thompson]], [[Jason Cooper]], [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], and [[Simon Gallup]] | background = group_or_band | origin = [[Crawley]], [[West Sussex]], [[United Kingdom]] | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Gothic rock]] * [[post-punk]] * [[alternative rock]] * {{nowrap|[[New wave music|new wave]]}} }} | years_active = 1978–present | label = {{flatlist| * [[Fiction Records|Fiction]] * [[Suretone Records|Suretone]] * [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] * [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] * [[Hansa Records|Hansa]] * [[A&M Records|A&M]] * [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] * [[Asylum Records|Asylum]] * [[Sire Records|Sire]]| * [[Warner Music Group|Warner]] }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * Malice * Easy Cure * [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] * [[Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias]] * [[The Glove]] * [[Fools Dance]] * [[Levinhurst]] * [[The Magazine Spies]] * [[Babacar (band)|Babacar]] * [[Presence (band)|Presence]] * [[Shelleyan Orphan]] }} | website = {{url|https://www.thecure.com/}} | current_members = *[[Robert Smith]] * [[Perry Bamonte]] * [[Simon Gallup]] * [[Roger O'Donnell]] * [[Jason Cooper]] * [[Reeves Gabrels]] | past_members = * [[Michael Dempsey]] * [[Matthieu Hartley]] * [[Andy Anderson (drummer)|Andy Anderson]] * [[Phil Thornalley]] * [[Pearl Thompson]] * [[Lol Tolhurst]] }} '''The Cure''' are a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[rock music|rock]] [[band]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/4111/robert_smith_not_goth_has_writers_block/news/|title=Robert Smith: Not Goth, Has Writer’s Block|date=6 December 2006|publisher=}}</ref> They formed in [[Crawley]] [[England]] in May 1978. == History == The Cure began in 1976 as 'Easy Cure'. It was formed by [[Robert Smith]] ([[vocal]]s, [[guitar]]) together with schoolmates [[Michael Dempse