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Robert Smith is a male singer and musician whose career began in 1978. He is associated with genres including Gothic, pop, post-punk, rock, and alternative. His musical work has been categorized under acoustic rock, American, folk rock, indie, and indie folk. Smith has five recorded works and is referenced by 629 other encyclopedia articles.
In 1985, Smith stated in The Hit magazine that he could write songs as bad as Wham's if he felt the urge, questioning the point. In 2000, he told L'Express newspaper that he no longer thought of death in a romantic way.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Works
- 31
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61,409
- Total plays
- 282,889
Tags
Robert James Smith (born April 21, 1959 in Blackpool, England), a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has been the lead singer and driving force behind English post-punk band The Cure since its founding in 1976. Highly influenced by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and even David Bowie he started playing guitar at the age of 12. Smith has played the 6 and 12 string guitars; 4 and 6 string bass guitars; double bass; piano; drums; violin; trumpet and trombone, in various combinations. <a href="https://w
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,803x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,565x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,686x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,853x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,310x
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Quotes
- “A couple of years ago, we went to Eurodisney. That too was bearable, although it was a bit weird when Mickey Mouse came to ask for an autograph. (Humo Magazine, 2000)”
- “But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine. (Guitar Player magazine 1992)”
- “I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point? (The Hit magazine 1985)”
- “I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. (L'Express newspaper 2000)”
- “I don't understand this obsession with banging out records. What a stupid attitude! Like the world is holding its breath waiting for the next Cure album. It isn't. (Papermag Paper Daily 1996)”
- “I have a bag full of words, and when one of us comes up with a good piece of music, I look in the bag to see if anything there will fit. If nothing does, I sit down and try to put down on paper what the music makes me feel; very rarely will a piece of writing inspire a piece of music. (CANOE 1996)”
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert James Smith , ( 1959-04-21 ) 21 April 1959 (age 67) , Blackpool , England
- Origin
- Crawley , England
- Genres
- Post-punk gothic rock alternative rock new wave
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar keyboards bass
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Member of
- The Cure
- Formerly of
- Siouxsie and the Banshees the Glove
- Spouse
- Mary Theresa Poole ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
- Website
- thecure .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackpool
- Occupation
- manufacturer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
- Image
- Robert Smith (musician) crop.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Robert Smith (singer)
- member of
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- date of birth
- 1959-04-21
- birth name
- Robert James Smith
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- name in native language
- Robert Smith
- different from
- Bob Smith
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
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