The Cure Funko set is now available at Funko Europe. Thanks, Eric.
27 years of News, rumors, minutiae about The Cure
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Lol's interview with OutsideLeft
ONE IMAGINARY GOTH
Alan Rider talks to The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst about Curious Creatures, getting back to recording basics, and his new book; Goth: A History.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
CoF is now on Bluesky
I know lots of you have left or are planning to leave Twitter, but I plan on being on there until The Bitter End.
However, CoF is also on Bluesky now. Thanks, Paul.
I'm @craigatcof.bsky.social
Goth review in The Guardian
Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst review – the dark is rising.
The former Cure drummer traces the genre from its 18th-century literary roots to its flourishing as a music subculture.
Goth review in Financial Times
Goth by Lol Tolhurst — doom and musical gloom
Funereal outfits, trippy guitars, thunderous drums: goth music is one of the most enduring sub-genres in rock. But why?
https://www.ft.com/content/d85b11b7-f4eb-4078-8ee3-15f5a997ef38
Lol's interview with The Irish Independent
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘Goth made it acceptable for teenage boys to be vulnerable’
The veteran musician recalls the band’s early days, the origins of the goth movement, and how he created his guest-heavy new album Los Angeles, a tribute to his home of the past 30 year.
Lol's interview with The Guardian
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘Goth is about being in love with the melancholy beauty of existence’
The band’s co-founder – whose new book examines the emergence of post-punk in Thatcher’s Britain – on reconciling with Robert Smith and the real meaning of the dark music subculture.
Lol's interview with NME
Lol Tolhurst on his new book, ‘Goth’: “Bowie’s ‘Low’ was a template for Robert Smith and I”.
The former drummer for The Cure tells us how the band were really a goth band all along, and how artists like David Bowie, Joy Division and Nine Inch Nails shaped the scene.
Lol's interview with The Irish Times
Lol Tolhurst: "We had seen the disease of Thatcher’s Britain. The Cure was inevitable"
The Cure objected to being called goth. But that’s exactly what Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and I were as we searched for meaning in the malaise around us.