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Cured
The inside story of The Cure 'Beautifully realised' Irish Times Coming of age in Thatcher's Britain in the late 70s and early 80s was really tough, especially if you lived in Crawley. But against the grinding austerity, social unrest and suburban boredom, the spark of rebellion that was punk set alight three young men who would become one of the most revered and successful bands of their generation. The Cure. Cured is a memoir by Lol Tolhurst, one of the founding imaginary boys, who met Robert Smith when they were five. Lol threads the genesis of The Cure through his schoolboy years with Smith, the iconic leader of the group, and the band's most successful era in the 1980s. He takes us up to...
Never Enough: The Story of The Cure
The Cure emerged in the post-punk 70s and defied all expectations to launch a marathon career marked by hit records and a string of sell-out arena shows. In 2004, after numerous personnel changes, the band delivered their Greatest Hits album in 2004.This biography traces the roots in middle-class Crawley, Sussex and tracks their gradual rise, revealing how their first major album Pornography, almost ended the band well before their multi-platinum career began. It also documents Smith's escape into the Siouxsie & The Banshees camp during the Eighties, his experimentation with every drug ('bar smack'). His reluctance to return to The Cure which would eventually lead to them becoming superstars, not only on both sides of the Atlantic but all around the globe.Jeff Apter is an Australian-based music writer, who had been reporting on popular culture for the past 15 years. He spent five years as the Music Editor at Australian Rolling Stone. This is his third book, the first two being on The Red Hot Chili Peppers (published by Omnibus Press) and Silverchair.Paperback edition.
Summary of Lol Tolhurst's Goth
Get the Summary of Lol Tolhurst's Goth in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Goth" by Lol Tolhurst is a memoir that chronicles the evolution of The Cure and the Goth movement against the backdrop of Thatcher-era Britain. Tolhurst recounts the band's formation in Crawley, their early influences from punk and existential literature, and their resistance to the Goth label despite their significant impact on the genre with albums like "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," and "Pornography." He delves into the metaphysical aspects of Goth, viewing it as a lens to understand the world, deeply connected to England's Gothic history...
The Cure
After debuting in 1978 with a brash single pulled from the pages of Camus, the Cure, led by Robert Smith, recorded a series of brooding albums, drawing the world's attention to goth rock. But they resisted categorization, and subsequent albums attracted new fans worldwide. Then, with the grand and somber Disintegration, they achieved global domination. This essential keepsake tells the story of the Cure--from the angular riffs of "Boys Don't Cry" and "A Forest," through the perfect simplicity of "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love," to headlining some of the world's biggest music festivals--in beautiful, eye-catching color.
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations and gender politics, thwarted ambitions and personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds, poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of award winning comic artist and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers and artists, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is intelligent, funny and sad - a fine addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir.
Cured
Siendo como fueron dos de los primeros punks en la muy inglesa y provinciana ciudad de Crawley, Lol Tolhurst y Robert Smith no lo tuvieron fácil. Por su condición de forasteros, la suya fue una amistad basada inicialmente en la proximidad y en su compartida pasión por la música, pero concretamente por el punk que hervía en Londres y por otras iniciativas artísiticas que entroncaban con ese movimiento rupturista. Atendiendo al principio al nombre de The Easy Cure, comenzaron a tocar en pubs y pronto desarrollaron un estilo y enfoque propios para componer canciones, que cristalizarían, con el tiempo, en canciones atemporales que despertaron un profundo sentido de identificación y empatía en los oyentes. As some of the first punks in the provincial English town of Crawley, Lol Tolhurst and Robert Smith didn't have it easy. They bonded over a mutual love for music and became The Easy Cure--later shortened to The Cure--, a band whose songs would inspire a deep sense of identification and empathy in listeners.
Goth
The co-founder of The Cure and author of Cured delivers a fascinating deep dive into the dark romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture. GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, and a journey through Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division, and many more great bands that offered a place of refuge for the misfits of the ‘80s and ever since. Written by Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure, this book offers a riveting retrospective of the genre’s iconic movers and shakers, infused with stories from Tolhurst’s personal trove of memories, as well as anecdotes about the musicians, magi...
The Book of Why
A story about a self-help author confronting life's ultimate question: can love survive anything? Even death? A novel about an unforgettable love, this book asks big questions about love with a surprise twist at its end.
Robert Smith
Formed in 1976 by school friends Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Micahel Dempsey, The Cure were one of the first post-punk bands to inject pure pop back into post-Pistols rock. This biography of the band, and of Smith, tells the never-ending story, as well as analysing the 'goth' subculture and its relationsip with The Cure.
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his younger sister Ruthie's death. When she was diagnosed at age 40 with a virulent form of cancer in 2010, Dreher was moved by the way the community he had left behind rallied around his dying sister, a schoolteacher. He was also struck by the grace and courage with which his sister dealt with the disease that eventually took her life. In Louisiana for Ruthie's funeral in the fall of 2011, Dreher began to wonder whether the ordinary life Ruthie led in their country town was in fact a path of hidden grandeur, even spiritual greatness, ...
