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Cured : the tale of two imaginary boys
- Title
- Cured : the tale of two imaginary boys / Lol Tolhurst.
- Author
- Tolhurst, Lol, 1959-
- Publication
- London : Quercus Editions Ltd, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- The inside story of The Cure Coming of age in Thatcher's Britain in the late 70s and early 80s was really tough, especially if you lived in Crawley. But against the grinding austerity, social unrest and suburban boredom, the spark of rebellion that was punk set alight three young men who would become one of the most revered and successful bands of their generation. The Cure. Cured is a memoir by Lol Tolhurst, one of the founding imaginary boys, who met Robert Smith when they were six. Lol threads the genesis of The Cure through his schoolboy years with Smith, the iconic leader of the group, and the band's most successful era in the 1980s. He takes us up to the present day, a riveting forty years since the band's inception. The band's journey to worldwide success is woven into a story not only of great highs and lows but also of love, friendship, pain, forgiveness and, ultimately, redemption on a beach in Hawaii. Cured highlights those parts of the creative journey that are not normally revealed to fans, incorporating many first-hand recollections around Lol's personal odyssey. From suburban London to the Mojave desert, Cured brings an acute eye for the times to bear on a lifelong friendship, with tales of addiction and despair along the way. Cured is the story of a timeless band and a life truly lived.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Part I. What It Was Like: Prologue: The First Punks in Crawley ; The Day the Music Died ; Thirteen ; The Bridge ; The Lost Boys of Suburbia ; The Rocket ; Fiction -- Part II. What Happened: Gen X ; The Holy Trinity ; Three Imaginary Boys ; Seventeen Seconds in the USA ; S.O.S. ; Faith ; Porn ; In France ; The Top ; The Head on the Door ; Kiss Me -- Part III. What It's Like Now:- Broken ; Disintegrate ; The Royal Courts ; Despair in the Desert ; House by the Sea ; The Palace ; Reflections ; Ghosts ; Standing on a Beach.
- Call Number
- JME 16-710
- ISBN
- 9781784293406
- 1784293407
- 9781784293390
- 1784293393
- OCLC
- 952651378
- Author
- Tolhurst, Lol, 1959- author.
- Title
- Cured : the tale of two imaginary boys / Lol Tolhurst.
- Imprint
- London : Quercus Editions Ltd, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JME 16-710