Robert Smith Biography

Robert Smith is an English musician and the lead singer of the British rock band, ‘The Cure.’ He is known for the heavy makeup in which he adorns himself—unkempt black hair, eyes lined with black liner, and smeared red lipstick—while he appears on stage for a performance. He revels in a variety of music genres like alternative rock, gothic rock, new wave, and post-punk. Born into a family of musicians and inspired by Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and The Beatles, he started playing the guitar at the age of 12. He is a multi-instrumentalist who can play four and six-string bass guitars, six and twelve-string guitars, double bass, drums, piano, trumpet, violin, and trombone in many combinations. His singing style is manifested with characteristic unsteadiness. As a songwriter, his lyrics are highly poetic and mysterious, the impact of his ‘altered state’, acquired from the usage of drugs. He is the only member who has been with the band ‘The Cure’ since the band was founded in 1976. He wrote and co-wrote most of the lyrics in his 35 years of musical career with the band. He has also been involved in other musical projects such as ‘The Glove’ and ‘Siouxsie and the Banshees’. Among his many vocal contributions, includes a 30-minute track, ‘Faith’, which was used in the movie, ‘Carnage Visors’.