Robert Smith

The Cure has been in the studio working on a 14th album, which should be released later this year or next year. [February 2011]

They are recording a new album that comes out in summer 2006. [February 2006]

Winner of the 2005 Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement.

In London, England, UK. Recording The Cure's 12th studio album. [March 2004]

The Cure won the Brit Award for British Video in 1990 for their song "Lullaby".

1982 saw the production of The Cure's 4th studio album - Pornography. The tour which followed was cut short in Berlin, due to complete disintegration of the band. Robert and Simon had a punch-up in a bar. This resulted in Robert going home and not talking to Simon for a year. Robert and Lol continued to record material - which led to the creation of the single Lets Go To Bed.

1981 saw the release of the somewhat funereal but enchanting album Faith. Though not a single, it's title track remains a mainstay of live performances and is highly regarded amongst fans to this day. It is also one of Robert's own personal favourites.

In 1980 the new four piece produced the dark, minimalist album titled Seventeen Seconds. This featured the band's first major cult classic single, A Forest. After touring Matthieu left the band and then there were three.

In 1979 the single Killing and Arab was released and was soon followed by the band's debut album Three Imaginary Boys. While touring around the UK two more singles were released; Boys don't Cry and Jumping Someone Else's Train. By the end of the year Michael had left the band and was replaced my Bass Guitarist Simon Gallup, and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley.

It wasn't until 1978 that the band dropped Easy from the name - because Robert thought it sounded too Hippy/East Coast. Porl Thompson also left, as unfortunately the old name had been his idea. After rejecting the German record label, Hanza, The Cure met Chris Parry and decided to give Polydor a chance. It turned out that Parry was in the process of creating a record label of his own, and wanted The Cure to be the first on it's roster. So the new label, Fiction, was born and as well as signing up - The Cure even played a part in naming it.

In 1976 The Easy Cure was formed by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Lol Tolhurst and Porl Thompson.

From 1972 to 1977 he attended St. Wilfrids Comprehensive School where he also met Mary - the girl who would become his wife and also the inspiration behind so many of The Cure's songs.

Francis Junior School until 1970 where he spent two years at a middle school called Notre Dame which was an experimental school whose teaching methods were supposed to be revolutionary.

Francis Primary school and in March 1966 his family moved once again to Crawley Sussex, England, where he then attended St.

Robert James Smith was born 21 April 1959 in Blackpool Lancashire, England to Alex and Rita Smith.

He was the third of four children (Richard, 12 July 1946, Margaret, 27 February 1950, and Janet, 30 August 1960). Robert lived in Blackpool until he was three and then his family moved to Horley, Surrey, England where he later attended St.