{"id":2968,"date":"2026-06-19T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:05:35","slug":"the-cures-famed-frontman-robert-smith-also-played-guitar-for-this-post-punk-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-cures-famed-frontman-robert-smith-also-played-guitar-for-this-post-punk-band\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cure\u2019s Famed Frontman, Robert Smith, Also Played Guitar for This Post-Punk Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plenty of musicians spend the early part of their careers in different bands before ending up with the one that led them to success. But for The Cure frontman Robert Smith, he also had a role in another influential post-punk band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1979, The Cure was in its infancy when Smith met Siouxsie And The Banshees bassist Steven Severin in London. After the two hit it off, Severin invited Smith and The Cure to join Siouxsie And The Banshees on tour. The tour in question was in support of their second album, Join Hands<\/em>. As the tour progressed, tension began brewing between guitarist John McKay and drummer Kenny Morris and their other bandmates. And after an argument during an in-store signing, the two left the band, just hours before a show. Smith filled in on guitar for the remainder of the tour. He’d play a full set with The Cure, then join Siouxsie And The Banshees for theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the tour ended, Smith returned to The Cure. Siouxsie And The Banshees held auditions for a new guitarist and hired John McGeoch. After he began struggling with exhaustion, alcoholism, and depression in 1982 and with The Cure on hiatus, Smith stepped in once again and remained with the band for two years, until 1984. During that time, he was considered a full-time member of the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siouxsie And The Banshees’ Influence on Smith<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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