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The Cure are often identified with the gothic rock subgenre of alternative rock, and are viewed as one of the form's definitive bands.

However, the band has routinely rejected classification, particularly as a gothic rock band.

Robert Smith said in 2006, " It's so pitiful when ' goth ' is still tagged onto the name The Cure ", and added, " We're not categorisable.

I suppose we were post-punk when we came out, but in total it's impossible [...] I just play Cure music, whatever that is.

" Smith has also expressed his distaste for gothic rock, describing it as " incredibly dull and monotonous.

A dirge really.

" While typically viewed as producers of dark and gloomy music, The Cure have also yielded a number of upbeat songs.

Spin has said " The Cure have always been an either / or sort of band: either [...] Robert Smith is wallowing in gothic sadness or he's licking sticky-sweet cotton-candy pop off his lipstick-stained fingers.