Robert Smith facts for kids
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Robert James Smith (born on April 21, 1959) is a famous English musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the band The Cure. Robert has been the only member who has stayed in the band for its entire 37-year history. The Cure has released 13 studio albums and 10 shorter albums called EPs. Their song "Lullaby" was their biggest hit in the UK, reaching number 5. In the US, their song "Lovesong" was their biggest hit.
Robert Smith also played guitar for another band called Siouxsie and the Banshees. In 1982, he made an album called Blue Sunshine with Steven Severin from the Banshees. They called their project The Glove. Robert has also worked with other bands, like Crystal Castles. He has even sung songs by himself for movie soundtracks.
Robert Smith's Life and Music Journey
Robert Smith is a talented musician who can play many instruments. He plays the guitar, bass guitar, double bass, keyboard, violin, flute, and trumpet. He has a tenor singing voice, which means he can sing high notes. He is married to Mary Poole. They met when they were both 14 years old in a drama class.
Robert was born in Salford, Manchester, England. In 1961, his family moved to Horley, Surrey. Then, in 1963, they moved again to Crawley, West Sussex. He grew up in a Catholic family, but later in life, he became an atheist.
Robert started his first band, The Crawley Goat Band, when he was just 14. In 1976, he was part of a punk rock band called Malice. After that, Robert formed a new band with some members of Malice. They called themselves Easy Cure. In 1977, the band changed its name to The Cure. In 1978, The Cure released their first album, Three Imaginary Boys. People really liked the album and gave it good reviews. In 2001, Robert thought about ending The Cure, but a music producer named Ross Robinson convinced him to keep the band going.
Awards and Pop Culture Fun
In 2009, the famous movie director Tim Burton gave Robert Smith a special award. It was called the Shockwaves NME Godlike Genius Award. This award celebrates musicians who have had a huge impact on music.
Robert Smith has also been mentioned a lot in pop culture. For example, in 2004, there was an episode of the TV show The Mighty Boosh. In the show, a character named Vince Noir tells his friend Howard Moon that he can hang out with two goth girls if he dresses like a goth. Vince then gives Howard a can of "Goth Juice." He says it's "the most powerful hairspray known to man, made from the tears of Robert Smith." A real company called Lush even made a hair gel inspired by this. It was also called Goth Juice and said "made from the tears of Robert Smith" on the pot, but they don't sell it anymore.
Robert Smith also appeared in an episode of the cartoon show South Park in 1998. It was the twelfth episode of season 1, called "Mecha-Streisand." At the time, this episode brought South Park their largest number of viewers ever for a single episode.
See also
In Spanish: Robert Smith (desambiguación) para niños
