The name Robert Smith borders on an immortal collective The Cure. It was thanks to Robert that the group reached great heights. Smith is still "afloat". Dozens of hits belong to his authorship, he actively performs on stage and communicates with journalists. Despite his advanced age, the musician says that he is not going to leave the stage. After all, it is in creativity that his life consists.
Childhood and youth
He was born in 1959 in the provincial English town of Blackpool. The boy was brought up in a large family. Smith's parents were associated with creativity. So, the head of the family held the position of an honored singer, and his mother played the piano beautifully. When Robert was 3 years old, he moved with his family to Horley, where the guy was placed in a high school.
Later, the family again changed their place of residence. They moved to the town of Crawley. Alas, this was not the Smiths' last move. As a result, the children changed four educational institutions.
From an early age, Robert was interested in the sound of the guitar. Already at the age of 6, the boy independently learned to play the string instrument. But the electric guitar was in his hands on his 13th birthday. Since that time, Smith has not parted with his favorite instrument. When he was kicked out of school, he spent all his time in rehearsals.
The creative path of Robert Smith
The first project of the talented musician was the group Malice. After several public appearances, Robert Smith renamed his brainchild Easy Cure, and then simply The Cure. The guys at first were content with recording cover versions of popular songs. David Bowie и Jimi Hendrix.
Robert could not find a recording studio for a long time to create a full-length album. But in 1977 fortune smiled at The Cure. The recording studio became interested in the newcomers, and they released their debut LP.
The early work of Robert Smith was ambiguously perceived by the public. And all because of the song Killing an Arab. The musicians were accused of racism, so for a long time the band was not popular. The artists decided to gain experience, so for several years they lived by performing with popular bands of that time “on the heating”. And only with the presentation of the studio album Seventeen Seconds the situation changed.
Time passed, and the mood of the new LPs changed. Anguish and melancholy were heard in them. Robert Smith had no reason to be excited. The musician knew that the public accepted them, which means that the records, from a commercial point of view, would be successful.
Star disease
Robert Smith became arrogant. Popularity began to negatively affect the artist. Increasingly, he could be seen under the influence of drugs. Drug and alcohol abuse led Smith to become a tyrant. He ruined relations with the members of the team, which led to a creative break for the group.
The Cure took a break. Smith alternated between The Cure and S&TB. Robert has not changed his lifestyle. He, as always, went on a "spree", and then returned to work. Naturally, this situation negatively affected the productivity of the team.
The main team continued to replenish the discography with new works. At this time, Smith decided to slightly change the image. He changed his hairstyle, and the make-up familiar to the public continued to decorate the face of the artist. Despite the band's long history, fans of heavy music still love Robert to this day. He continues to tour and write new compositions.
Details of the personal life of singer Robert Smith
Despite a stormy creative career, the personal life of a celebrity has developed successfully. In the mid-1970s of the last century, the musician met a charming woman named Mary Poole. Their wedding took place 14 years later.
Surprisingly, the couple did not intend to have children. Robert considered it unethical to plan for a child who might not want to be born. In addition, he did not imagine himself in the role of a father at all.
There is another version of why Smith never had any heirs. In his youth, he abused drugs and alcohol, which negatively affected the celebrity's reproductive system. In the late 1980s, he and his wife moved to a small village where Robert lives to this day.
Interesting facts about Robert Smith
- Robert Smith dreamed of making The Cure a punk version of The Beatles.
- The musician does not know how to write compositions when he is in a good mood. Alas, but it is. All the tracks that came out of the pen of Robert, he wrote in a bad mood. Perhaps that is why they are a little depressive.
- Raised as a Catholic, he later became an atheist.
- Russian rockers of the 1980s copied The Cure with all their might - from the Alisa group to the Kino group.
- Robert Smith voiced his character in the cartoon "South Park", where he was called by a big fan of the team, Trey Parker.
Artist at present
Robert is still listed as the leader of The Cure. The musician even promised that in 2019 his offspring will be replenished with a new studio album. Smith also stated that if the compilation was not released, he would disband the line-up for good. But in 2019, the record was never presented to fans.
In 2020, Robert Smith told BBC 6 Music that the band had finished recording their new 14th LP. The release was supposed to come out at the end of the year, but was delayed until the first half of 2021.
