The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib
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Robert Smith and the Stringlers
There's a point where Robert Smith takes control or is in between albums one and two. They all went to see the stringlers together, and I think that was a huge pivotal moment too. And it sort of lit their fire under their little band. In March of 1997, they get a new singer, their mate, Peter O'Toole. So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe. So long will they be a little people, a silly people.
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