He released two records of his stand-up comedy: No Cure for Cancer ( 1993 ) and Lock ' n Load ( 1997 ).

The Cure have released thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of their career.

The Cure released their debut single " Killing an Arab " in December 1978 on the Small Wonder label as a stopgap until Fiction finalised distribution arrangements with Polydor.

In late 1981, The Cure released the non-album single " Charlotte Sometimes ".

In 1982, The Cure recorded and released Pornography, the third and final album of an " oppressively dispirited " trio that cemented the Cure's stature as purveyors of the emerging gothic rock genre.

Smith in 1985In 1984, The Cure released The Top, a generally psychedelic album on which Smith played all the instruments except the drums — played by Andy Anderson — and the saxophone — played by returnee Porl Thompson.

The Cure toured to support the compilation and released a live concert VHS of the show, filmed in the south of France called The Cure in Orange.

In 1987, The Cure released the double LP Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, which reached number six in the UK, the Top 10 in several countries and was the band's first entry into the U. S. Top 40 at number 35 ( where it was certified platinum ), due to the combination of the band's rising popularity and the success of lead single, " Why Can't I Be You ?".

In 1989, The Cure released the album Disintegration, which saw a return to the gothic atmospheres of earlier releases like Faith and Pornography.

That November, The Cure released a collection of remixes called Mixed Up.

The Cure also embarked on the " Wish Tour " with Cranes, and released the live albums Show ( September 1993 ) and Paris ( October 1993 ).

The Cure performed " Burn " in the movie The Crow and " Dredd Song ", the theme song of the 1995 movie Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone ( The former song despite never being released as a single nor ever played live, is regarded a fan favourite of Cure fans and fans of ' The Crow ').

It was not released on a Cure album until 2004 on Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978 – 2001 ( The Fiction Years ).

In 2001, The Cure left Fiction and released their Greatest Hits album and DVD, which featured the music videos for a number of classic Cure songs.

The Berlin performances were released on DVD as The Cure: Trilogy in 2003.

The band released their twelfth album The Cure on Geffen in 2004, which was produced by Ross Robinson.

In December a live DVD, entitled The Cure: Festival 2005 including 30 songs of their 2005 Festival tour was released.

" The Melody Makers Ian Birch recognised the Banshees ' influence on Smith's band early on, comparing The Cure ’ s 1978 debut single Killing An Arab favourably to Siouxsie's Hong Kong Garden ( released a few short months earlier ).

In 1986, Smith altered his image by appearing on-stage and in press photos sporting short spiky hair and polo shirts ( this can be seen in The Cure in Orange, a concert in the south of France released on video in 1987 ).

Nocturne is a live double-album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1983 and remastered in 2009, which features performances recorded at two shows at the Royal Albert Hall on September 30 and October 1, 1983, featuring Robert Smith ( of The Cure ) on guitar.

Pierce assembled a band consisting of former members of The Cure and Roxy Music and released Wildweed in 1985.

Smoothing the edges of their style in the direction of New Wave, several post-punk bands such as New Order ( descended from Joy Division ), The Cure, and U2 crossed over to a mainstream U. S. audience.

The 1979 first single " Killing an Arab " by The Cure was recorded at the same time as their first LP in the UK, Three Imaginary Boys ( 1979 ) but not included on the album.

An early NME article on the band wrote that The Cure " are like a breath of fresh suburban air on the capital's smog-ridden pub-and-club circuit " and noted " With a John Peel session and more extensive London gigging on their immediate agenda, it remains to be seen whether or not The Cure can retain their refreshing joie de vivre.

The Cure set out on their first world tour to promote both releases.

" The Cure then embarked on their worldwide " Top Tour " with Thompson, Anderson, and producer-turned-bassist Phil Thornalley on board.

In 1998 The Cure contributed to the soundtrack album for The X Files feature film as well as the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses, with their cover of " World in My Eyes ".

With only one album left in their record contract and with commercial response to Wild Mood Swings and the Galore compilation lacklustre, Smith once again considered that the end of The Cure might be near and thus wanted to make an album that reflected the more serious side of the band.

The Cure began writing and recording material for their thirteenth album in 2006.

The Cure announced a last-minute postponement of their autumn 2007 North American 4Tour in August in order to continue working on the album, rescheduling the dates for spring 2008.

" It was with the video for " Let's Go to Bed ", their first collaboration with director Tim Pope, that The Cure would become noted for their videos.

Several references to The Cure and their music have been made in popular culture.

* The Cure – Greatest Hits ( songbook containing 20 of their best, transcribed note-for-note with tab, chord symbols and complete lyrics ), Hal Leonard Corporation ( May 2002 ) ISBN 0-634-04667-5

Moreno's influences include such bands as The Cure, Bad Brains, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Duran Duran, The Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Helmet, Jawbox, Faith No More, Hum, Kool Keith, Alice in Chains, Tool, Jane's Addiction and Weezer, and claims that Deftones ' 2006 album, Saturday Night Wrist, is more of a compromise between all of the members ' influences, ranging from their brutal and brooding heavy signature seen on Adrenaline and Around the Fur to the more experimental sound heard on White Pony and Deftones.

" However, while The Crawley Goat Band may have been Smith's first regular group, he would have been just thirteen when he and his Notre Dame schoolmates gave their first one-off performance together as The Obelisk ; an early incarnation of what would eventually become The Cure.

The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with its debut album Three Imaginary Boys ( 1979 ); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom.

The Cure played a version of their song " Grinding Halt ", retitled for that performance as " Desperate Journalist In Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation ", on the John Peel radio show, with new lyrics parodying Morley's writing style after an unfavourable review of their debut album Three Imaginary Boys.

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The Associates toured as support band for The Cure and The Passions on the Future Pastimes Tour of England between November and December — all three bands were on the Fiction Records roster — with the new Cure line-up already performing a number of new songs for the projected second album.

Melody Maker praised the album as " psychedelia that can't be dated ", while pondering, " I've yet to meet anyone who can tell me why The Cure are having hits now of all times.

Early in 1996, the Cure played festivals in South America, followed by a world tour in support of the album Galore.

Another soundtrack appearance occurred with the song “ Watching Me Fall ” ( from the 11th The Cure ´ s album: Bloodflowers ), a remixed version by Underdog ( of Massive Attack ) for the 2000 American cult movie American Psycho.

He explained, " There is an ' exclusive ' iTunes Cure album still in the works ... and part two of the Dream sessions is slowly taking shape.

* Paris ( The Cure album ), a 1993 live album by The Cure