SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 20 - The Cure, one of the most
revered British bands of the past quarter-century, has signed with I Am/Geffen
Records and will soon release their first album of new music since 2000's "Bloodflowers."
The CD, the band's 13th studio record, has been recorded at London's Olympic
Studios, with Ross Robinson (Korn, Limp Bizkit, At The Drive In) producing.
The new disc, as yet untitled, arrives in stores June 22nd. I Am Records is
Ross Robinson's imprint label.
Led as always by lead singer/guitarist Robert Smith, the Cure
line-up since 1994 comprises of longtime bass player Simon Gallup, guitarist
Perry Bamonte, drummer/percussionist Jason Cooper, and keyboardist Roger O'Donnell.
Perennially popular with fans all around the world, the bands are currently
enjoying a huge resurgence of interest. Earlier this year, Fiction Records released
a compelling Cure collection, "Join the Dots: B-sides & Rarities 1978-2001,"
a 4-CD, 70 song box set. Among a number of genre spanning collaborations undertaken
in the last few months, Smith has sung on the track "All Of This"
from the new blink-182 CD, "Truth Is" on the new Tweaker CD, and the
dance smash "Da Hype" with Junior Jack. 311 recently went to number
1 in the U.S. modern rock chart with a cover of The Cure's "Love
Song" as featured in the film "50 First Dates" soundtrack,
and numerous new bands such as Interpol, the Rapture and Hot Hot Heat! have
been outspoken in their admiration for The Cure.
With the release of the new CD, The Cure return to the U.S. for a special headline
performance on the second day of the Coachella Festival, May 2, which is now
close to a complete sell-out. To kick off Coachella, The Cure will perform their
new single on the Tonight Show on April 30th.
The band first formed in southern England in 1976 as Easy Cure. In 1978 the
'Easy' was dropped, and The Cure was signed to the Fiction label. In May 1979
their debut album "Three Imaginary Boys" was released to great acclaim.
Other landmark Cure albums include "Pornography"
(1982), "The Head on the Door" (1985), "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss
Me" (1987), "Disintegration" (1989), "Wish" (1992),
"Wild Mood Swings" (1996) and the Grammy-nominated "Bloodflowers"
(2000).
