‘He’s a f***ing knob end’ Paul Weller has launched a brutal personal attack on The Cure’s Robert Smith, labelling him a “f***ing fat c**t” in an interview. He was speaking to Record Collector for a special edition of the magazine in honour of the former Jam singer when he made the remark. Weller seemed to […]
3 years ago
“By the sounds of it, no” The Cure singer Robert Smith is almost definitely the coolest goth on the planet. Even outside the confines of gothdom, he’d probably still rank very high amongst the coolest frontmen that British rock has ever produced. The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in […]
7 years ago
Can you believe it’s been 40 years since The Cure formed? Neither can we. Published to coincide with the band’s 40th anniversary of their formation in 1978, a book by Ian Gittins titled A Perfect Dream will be arriving this September. The Cure’s story is a fantastical pop fable, but their trajectory has not been […]
8 years ago
The debut of the new song at Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival comes after the promise of new material My Bloody Valentine will be loud. You know this by reputation – from the reviews you’ve read beforehand, the posts in the Facebook groups, the man whose job it is to hand you ear-plugs at the door. For a […]
8 years ago