And at the heart of it all was Smith’s electric guitar — raw, textural, and often deliberately “wrong.” As he told Guitar Player in our September 1992 issue, it all has to do with how he hears music — ...
From “Friday I’m in Love” to “Just like Heaven,” The Cure built their career crafting songs that feel somewhat jarring and off-kilter while still being wistfully romantic and nostalgic. As frontman ...
More than 45 years after its release, a seminal new wave track is suddenly rising up the charts. The Cure’s 1979 single “Boys Don’t Cry” has become one of TikTok’s most-streamed songs. As of this ...