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The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib

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The Cure: A History

The Cure fought a lot. The national front still exists. Robert was basically like going more and more and more minimal. Porel being a really good guitar player was not really interested in minimal music. And so they just sort of parted ways on the musical direction. They were, I mean, they were fighting on their winning fights, but they were out there on these streets. So then in February of 1978, easy cure plays with this punk band, Lockjaw at the rocket. This is only relevant because the basis of Lockjaw is one Simon Gallup. We've introduced Simon Gallup to the mix. He's important.

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